title: [Can we define the indications for oocyte donation?].
abstract: The outline of oocyte donation's indications is defined in France by the law of the 29 july 1994. A great number of situations do not pose any problem with regard to this principles: gonadal dysgenesis, premature ovarian failure, ovariectomy, castration following chimiotherapy or radiotherapy. However, others indications drive us progressively outside legal limits. What is the normal age of physiological menopause? Which threshold to justify oocyte donation for low responders? Is oocyte donation an alternative for other treatments failures? Ovocyte donation for genetic reason presents a risk of eugenic drift. Answering these questions is uneasy, though it is urgent for our patients to offer them a better uniformity.
authors.affiliation: Service du Pr J. Salat-Baroux, Maternité de l'Hôpital Tenon, Paris.
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cornet
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008423:Maternal Age; D008593:Menopause; D018587:Oocyte Donation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards*; D018579:Patient Selection; D018566:Pregnancy, High-Risk