Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 5 , Pages 1509-1512 , November 2009

Egg freezing, procreative liberty, and ICSI: the double standards confronting elective self-donation of oocytes

  • Eli A. Rybak, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Eli A. Rybak, M.D., M.P.H., Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Mazer Building, Room 316, Bronx, NY 10461 (FAX: 973-471-6854).
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  • Harry J. Lieman, M.D.

Received 30 March 2009 ,Revised 19 August 2009 ,Accepted 9 September 2009.

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 E.R. has nothing to disclose. H.L. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)03687-5

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.09.008

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 5 , Pages 1509-1512 , November 2009

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