Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 3-8 , May 2010

The ethics of assisted reproduction

Received 14 January 2010 ,Revised 5 February 2010 ,Accepted 11 February 2010.

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 This paper was delivered as a keynote speech at the 7th Congress of the European Society for Reproductive Immunology, held in Marathon, Greece in October 2010.

PII: S0165-0378(10)00033-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jri.2010.02.001

Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 3-8 , May 2010