Open AccessClinical and immunologic aspects of egg donation pregnancies: a systematic review
Author(s) -
MarieLouise van der Hoorn,
Eileen Lashley,
D. W. Bianchi,
Frans H.J. Claas,
C. M. C. Schonkeren,
Sicco A. Scherjon
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
human reproduction update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.977
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 1362-4946
pISSN - 1355-4786
DOI - 10.1093/humupd/dmq017
Subject(s) - pregnancy , medicine , context (archaeology) , incidence (geometry) , obstetrics , fetus , intrauterine growth restriction , egg donation , gynecology , paleontology , physics , genetics , optics , biology
Egg donation (ED) makes it possible for subfertile women to conceive. Pregnancies achieved using ED with unrelated donors are unique, since the entire fetal genome is allogeneic to the mother. The aims of this review were to evaluate the consequences of ED pregnancies and to place them in the special context of their atypical immunologic relationships.
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