Fertility preservation for women with malignant diseases: Ethical aspects and risks

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 937-940

  Küçük, Mert ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer; Embryo cryopreservation; Ethics; Fertility preservation; Ovarian tissue cryopreservation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE FERTILITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OOCYTE; OVARIAN PRESERVATION; OVARY METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE; SPERM PRESERVATION; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFORMED CONSENT; INFORMED CONSENT BY MINORS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; THERAPIES, INVESTIGATIONAL;

EID: 84870047768     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590.2012.683077     Document Type: Article

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