The effect of female age on the likelihood of a live birth from one in-vitro fertilisation treatment

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 258-261

  Jansen, Robert P S ^a  

^a Sydney IVF   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS OUTCOME; GAMETE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN PERIOD; OOCYTE DONATION; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037451260     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05190.x     Document Type: Article

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