Outcome of assisted reproductive technology in women over the age of 41

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 471-475

  Ron El, Raphael ^a,b   Raziel, Arie ^a,b   Strassburger, Devorah ^a,b   Schachter, Morey ^a,b   Kasterstein, Ester ^a,b   Friedler, Shevach ^a,b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Delivery rate; Embryo transfer; Implantation; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; IVF outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGING; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 0033825205     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)00697-X     Document Type: Article

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