Does oocyte banking for anticipated gamete exhaustion influence future relational and reproductive choices? A follow-up of bankers and non-bankers

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 338-344

  Stoop, D ^a   Maes, E ^a   Polyzos, N P ^a   Verheyen, G ^a   Tournaye, H ^a   Nekkebroeck, J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AGE banking; Follow up; Oocyte cryopreservation; Social freezing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; GAMETE; GAMETE EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE PRESERVATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRESERVATION AND STORAGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGING; BELGIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG RESISTANCE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN RELATION; OOCYST; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT;

ADULT; AGING; BELGIUM; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; OOCYSTS; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE BANKS;

EID: 84930718239     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu317     Document Type: Article

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