Gender selection: Pressure from patients and industry should not alter our adherence to ethical guidelines

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1543-1545

  Sauer, Mark V ^a,b  

^a Coll Phys Surgs Columbia U ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Family balancing; Sex selection; Sperm sorting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL ETHICS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION; SPERM; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER; Y CHROMOSOME;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREGNANCY; SEX PRESELECTION; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 8544253206     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.07.033     Document Type: Article

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