Trends in Embryo-Transfer Practice and in Outcomes of the Use of Assisted Reproductive Technology in the United States

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 350, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 1639-1645

  Jain, Tarun ^a   Missmer, Stacey A ^a   Hornstein, Mark D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242717644     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa032073     Document Type: Article

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