Patrick Steptoe (1913–1988), a British gynaecologist who with Robert Edwards created the first ‘test-tube baby’ born following in vitro fertilization.
Keywords: reproductive medicine; endocrinology; Robert Edwards; in vitro fertilization; stem cells
Steptoe, Patrick
Helen J Power, Shadingfield, Suffolk, UK
Published online: July 2008
DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0003602
| Further Reading | |
| Edwards RG (1996) Patrick Christopher Steptoe. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 42: 435–452. | |
| Edwards RG, Bavister BD and Steptoe PC (1969) Early stages of fertilization in vitro of human oocytes. Nature 221: 632–635. | |
| book Edwards RG and Steptoe PC (1980) A Matter of Life. The Story of a Medical Breakthrough. London: Hutchinson. | |
| book Steptoe PC (1967) Laparoscopy in Gynaecology. Edinburgh: Livingstone. | |
| other Steptoe PC and Edwards RG (1978) (Letter to the editor) Lancet II: 366. | |
| Steptoe PC, Edwards RG and Purdy JM (1980) Clinical aspects of pregnancies established with cleaving embryos grown in vitro. British Journal for Obstetrics and Gynaecology 87: 737–756. | |
