Oocyte number per live birth in IVF: Wer Steptoe and Edwards less wasteful?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 588-592

  Inge, George B ^a   Brinsden, Peter R ^b   Elder, Kay T ^b  

^a Mobile Infirmary Medical Center   (United States)

^b Bourn Hall Clinic ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IVF; Live birth rates; Oocyte numbers; Ovarian stimulation

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH RATE; CELL COUNT; DATA ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LUTEAL PHASE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15844399398     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh655     Document Type: Article

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