Predictive value of the results of a first in-vitro fertilization cycle on the outcome of subsequent cycles

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 403-408

  Croucher, Carolyn A ^a,b   Lass, Amir ^a   Margara, Raul ^a   Winston, Robert M ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cumulative pregnancy rates; Cycle number; IVF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031889739     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.2.403     Document Type: Article

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