Low-dose aspirin in a short regimen as standard treatment in in vitro fertilization: A randomized, prospective study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1560-1564

  Waldenström, Urban ^a   Hellberg, Dan ^a   Nilsson, Staffan ^a  

^a FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

aspirin; birth rate; In vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; BIRTH RATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942550880     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.02.082     Document Type: Article

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