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Recent Developments in Health Law: California Limits Egg Donor Compensation in Privately-Funded Research

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Elizabeth Gerber
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , Spring 2007 , pp. 220 - 227
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