One thousand initiated cycles of in vitro fertilization in women ≥40 years of age

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1030-1034

  Lass, Amir ^a   Croucher, Carolyn ^a   Duffy, Suzanne ^a   Dawson, Karin ^a   Margara, Raul ^a   Winston, Robert M L ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced female age; Delivery rate; IVF outcomes; Miscarriage rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032402364     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00353-7     Document Type: Article

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