Elective oocyte cryopreservation: who should pay?
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Elective oocyte cryopreservation: who should pay?
Despite the initial reactions of disapproval, more and more fertility clinics are now offering oocyte cryopreservation to healthy women in order to extend their reproductive options. However, so-called social freezing is not placed on an equal footing with 'regular' IVF treatments where public funding is concerned. In those countries or states where IVF patients receive a number of free cycles,...
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OBJECTIVE To review historical and contemporary advances in oocyte-cryopreservation techniques and outcomes. DESIGN Publications related to oocyte cryopreservation were identified through MEDLINE and other bibliographic databases. CONCLUSION(S) Oocyte cryopreservation can be used as an adjunct to conventional IVF and as an option for fertile women to electively cryopreserve their gametes. R...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Reproduction
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0268-1161,1460-2350
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der364