Oocyte cryopreservation for social reasons: Demographic profile and disposal intentions of UK users

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 239-245

  Baldwin, Kylie ^a   Culley, Lorraine ^a   Hudson, Nicky ^a   Mitchell, Helene ^a   Lavery, Stuart ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

oocyte cryopreservation; reproductive intentions; social egg freezing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRYOPRESERVATION; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; OOCYTE CRYOPRESERVATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARIAN RESERVE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SPERM DONOR; TIME TO TREATMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; CYTOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; OOCYTE;

ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; OOCYTES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84938424095     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2015.04.010     Document Type: Article

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