"Posthumous Conception" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Conception after the death of the male or female biological parent through techniques such as the use of gametes that have been stored during his or her lifetime or that were collected immediately after his or her death.
Descriptor ID |
D037022
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MeSH Number(s) |
E02.875.800.986 E05.820.800.986
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Concept/Terms |
Posthumous Conception- Posthumous Conception
- Conceptions, Posthumous
- Posthumous Conceptions
- Conception, Posthumous
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2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Posthumous Conception" by people in Profiles.
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A call for institutional policies on postmortem sperm retrieval. Fertil Steril. 2013 Sep; 100(3):656-7.
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Posthumous sperm utilization in men presenting for sperm banking: an analysis of patient choice. Andrology. 2013 Mar; 1(2):251-5.
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Ethical quandaries in gamete-embryo cryopreservation related to oncofertility. J Law Med Ethics. 2013; 41(3):711-9.