Ongoing pregnancy rates in in vitro fertilization are not dependent on the physician performing the embryo transfer

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 316-320

  Van Weering, Hans G I ^a   Schats, Roel ^a   McDonnell, Joseph ^a   Hompes, Peter G A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; IVF; Physician; Pregnancy rate; Transfer procedure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBFERTILITY;

EID: 13544263441     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.07.957     Document Type: Article

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