Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 3 , Pages 667-670 , March 2009

Donating spare embryos for stem cell research

  • Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Ethics Committee, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 1209 Montgomery Highway, Birmingham, AL 35216.

Received 16 December 2008 ,Accepted 17 December 2008.

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Fertility and Sterility
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