Egg-share donors' and recipients' knowledge, motivations and concerns: Clinical and policy implications

Clinical Ethics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 183-192

  Gürtin, Zeynep B ^a   Ahuja, Kamal K ^b   Golombok, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b London Women's Clinic   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84871806333     PISSN: 14777509     EISSN: 1758101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ce.2012.012024     Document Type: Article

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