Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85, Issue 2 , Pages 468-473 , February 2006

Preconception sex selection demand and preferences in the United States

  • Edgar Dahl, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Bioethics and Humanities, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
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  • Ruchi S. Gupta, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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  • Manfred Beutel, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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  • Yve Stoebel-Richter, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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  • Burkhard Brosig, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Giessen, Germany
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  • Hans-Rudolf Tinneberg, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Giessen, Germany
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  • Tarun Jain, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Tarun Jain, M.D., Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University of Illinois Medical Center, 820 South Wood Street, M/C 808, Chicago, Illinois 60612 (FAX: 3129964238).

Received 25 May 2005 ,Revised 22 July 2005 ,Accepted 22 July 2005.

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PII: S0015-0282(05)03854-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.07.1320

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85, Issue 2 , Pages 468-473 , February 2006

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