A formal comparison of the practice of assisted reproductive technologies between Europe and the USA

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1945-1950

  Gleicher, Norbert ^a,b,c   Weghofer, Andrea ^a,b,c   Barad, David ^a,b,d  

^a CENTER FOR HUMAN REPRODUCTION   (United States)

^b Foundation for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technologies (ART); Europe; IVF; Pregnancy rates; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIRTH RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EUROPE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OOCYTE DONATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CYCLE; PREGNANCY RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747886636     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del138     Document Type: Article

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