The incidence of major clinical complications in a Dutch transport IVF programme

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 345-353

  Roest, Jan ^a   Mous, Harold V H ^a   Zeilmaker, Gerard H ^b   Verhoeff, Arie ^a  

^a Zuiderziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical complications; Ectopic pregnancy; IVF; OHSS

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADNEXA DISEASE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029958399     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/2.4.345     Document Type: Review

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