Reproductive planning in times of zika: Getting pregnant or delaying plans? The opinion of the brazilian society of assisted reproduction committee - A basis for a bioethical discussion

Jornal Brasileiro de Reproducao Assistida

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 159-164

  De Carvalho, Bruno R ^a   Taitson, Paulo F ^b   Brandão, Karina S A G ^c   Ferriani, Rui Alberto ^d   Nakagawa, Hitomi M ^a,e   Silva, Adelino A ^a   Lopes, Joaquim R C ^c  

^a Genesis   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c Cenafert Reproductive Medicine Center   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Brazilian Society of Assisted Reproduction   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Central nervous system disorders; Human reproduction; Microcephaly; Zika

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; ECHOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MICROCEPHALY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; BIOETHICS; BRAZIL; ETHICS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

BIOETHICS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84988953718     PISSN: 15175693     EISSN: 15180557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/1518-0557.20160034     Document Type: Article

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