Does egg-sharing compromise the chance of donors or recipients achieving a live birth?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2363-2367

  Thum, M Y ^a   Gafar, A ^a   Wren, M ^a   Faris, R ^a   Ogunyemi, B ^a   Korea, L ^a   Scott, L ^a   Abdalla, H I ^a  

^a Lister Fertility Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg donation; Egg sharing; IVF outcome; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; NAFARELIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY MASS; CHI SQUARE TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; OOCYTE DONATION; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PREGNANCY RATE; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242606883     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg464     Document Type: Article

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