Medicine:Christopher Chen
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Short description: Singaporean obstetrician and gynaecologist
Christopher Chen is an obstetrician and gynaecologist in Singapore who in 1986 was the first to successfully freeze a human egg which subsequently led to egg banks being started around the world. In 1998, he successfully produced Singapore's first IVF sextuplets.[1][2][3][4]
Selected publications
- Chen, C (April 1986). "Pregnancy after human oocyte cryopreservation". Lancet 1 (8486): 884–6. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(86)90989-X. PMID 2870356.
References
- ↑ "Our Founder" (in en-US). 6 July 2017. http://acrm.com.sg/about/our-founder/.
- ↑ "History of ICS Singapore Section | International College of Surgeons Singapore Section" (in en-US). http://www.ics-sg.org/history-of-ics-singapore-section/.
- ↑ Gook, Debra A. (1 September 2011). "History of oocyte cryopreservation" (in en). Reproductive BioMedicine Online 23 (3): 281–289. doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.10.018. ISSN 1472-6483. PMID 21549640. https://www.rbmojournal.com/article/S1472-6483(10)00715-7/pdf.
- ↑ "Singapore's First Sextuplets Born To Indonesian Couple". http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=1998&dt=1130&pub=Utusan_Express&sec=Front_Page&pg=fp_10.htm.
