Sperm donor recruitment, attitudes and provider practices-5 years after the removal of donor anonymity

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 676-682

  Shukla, U ^a   Deval, B ^a   Jansa Perez, M ^a   Hamoda, H ^a   Savvas, M ^a   Narvekar, N ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anonymity; donor; sperm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LAW; MALE; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM DONOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84874309939     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des450     Document Type: Article

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