Research implications of embryo cryopreservation choices made by patients undergoing in vitro fertilization.
In 782 cryopreservation cases over 11 years, 60% of patients personally used their embryos, 26% kept their embryos in storage, 8% discarded their embryos, 5% gave them to research, and 1% anonymously donated them to other couples.
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Kimberly
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D035843:Biomedical Research; D002755:Choice Behavior; D015925:Cryopreservation; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D014019:Tissue Donors