Implications of oocyte cryostorage for the practice of oocyte donation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2886-2893

  Mertes, Heidi ^a   Pennings, Guido ^a   Dondorp, Wybo ^b   De Wert, Guido ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cryopreservation; ethics; in vitro fertilization; oocyte cryostorage; oocyte donation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECISION MAKING; DONOR; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CRYOPRESERVATION; OOCYTE DONATION; REIMBURSEMENT; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE; REVIEW;

EID: 84866388452     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des250     Document Type: Review

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