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Social egg freezing: risk, benefits and other considerations

Angel Petropanagos, Alana Cattapan, Françoise Baylis and Arthur Leader
CMAJ June 16, 2015 187 (9) 666-669; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.141605
Angel Petropanagos
Novel Tech Ethics (Petropanagos, Cattapan, Baylis), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Fertility Centre (Leader), Ottawa, Ont.
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Alana Cattapan
Novel Tech Ethics (Petropanagos, Cattapan, Baylis), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Fertility Centre (Leader), Ottawa, Ont.
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Françoise Baylis
Novel Tech Ethics (Petropanagos, Cattapan, Baylis), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Fertility Centre (Leader), Ottawa, Ont.
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Arthur Leader
Novel Tech Ethics (Petropanagos, Cattapan, Baylis), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Fertility Centre (Leader), Ottawa, Ont.
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vol. 187 no. 9 666-669
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https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.141605
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25869870
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  • Published online June 15, 2015.

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  1. Angel Petropanagos, PhD⇑,
  2. Alana Cattapan, MA,
  3. Françoise Baylis, PhD,
  4. Arthur Leader, MD
  1. Novel Tech Ethics (Petropanagos, Cattapan, Baylis), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa, and Ottawa Fertility Centre (Leader), Ottawa, Ont.
  1. Correspondence to: Angel Petropanagos, angel.p{at}dal.ca

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