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Human oocyte research: the ethics of donation and donor protection

Eric D Levens1, Alan H DeCherney

  • 1Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. levense@mail.nih.gov

JAMA
|November 13, 2008
PubMed
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