Reproductive technology and the life course: Current debates and research in social egg freezing

Human Fertility

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 170-179

  Baldwin, Kylie ^a   Culley, Lorraine ^a   Hudson, Nicky ^a   Mitchell, Helene ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg freezing; Fertility; Fertility preservation; Gamete storage cryopreservation; Social egg freezing

Indexed keywords

CRYOPRESERVATION; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CRYOPRESERVATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ETHICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; FREEZING; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; FREEZING; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; OVUM; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84927800243     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647273.2014.939723     Document Type: Review

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