The early days of IVF outside the UK

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 439-459

  Cohen, Jean ^a   Trounson, Alan ^b   Dawson, Karen ^b   Jones, Howard ^c   Hazekamp, Johan ^d   Nygren, Karl Gösta ^e   Hamberger, Lars ^f  

^a Clinique Marignan   (France)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Volvat Infertility Clinic   (Norway)

^e Sophiahemmet Hospital   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ART; History of IVF; Human embryo research; Infertility treatment; Legislation

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; AUSTRALIA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FRANCE; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LAW; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SAFETY; SWEDEN; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EUROPE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FRANCE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC OPINION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26444436374     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmi016     Document Type: Review

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