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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.
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.
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.
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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Social egg freezing: risk, benefits and other considerations
Angel Petropanagos, Alana Cattapan, Françoise Baylis, Arthur Leader
CMAJ Jun 2015, 187 (9) 666-669; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.141605
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