Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 2 , Pages 486-489 , 15 January 2010

Disposition of cryopreserved embryos by infertility patients desiring to discontinue storage

  • Susan Lanzendorf, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Susan Elizabeth Lanzendorf, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Campus Box 8513, Suite 3100, 4444 Forest Park Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63108 (FAX: 314-286-2440).
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  • Valerie Ratts, M.D.
    • ,
  • Sarah Keller, M.D.
    • ,
  • Randall Odem, M.D.

Received 15 September 2008 ,Revised 28 January 2009 ,Accepted 2 February 2009.

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 S.E.L. has nothing to disclose. V.R. has nothing to disclose. S.K.'s spouse/partner is a member of the speaker's bureau for Pfizer and for Forrest Pharmaceuticals. R.O. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)00307-0

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.02.001

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 2 , Pages 486-489 , 15 January 2010

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