In vitro fertilization (IVF): A review of 3 decades of clinical innovation and technological advancement

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-364

  Wang, Jeff ^a   Sauer, Mark V ^a,b  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; IVF

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPERMIA; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE INFERTILITY; META ANALYSIS; OLIGOSPERMIA; OOCYTE DONATION; OPERATING ROOM; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SAFETY; STEM CELL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 33845468965     PISSN: 11766336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/tcrm.2006.2.4.355     Document Type: Review

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