Economic evaluations of single- versus double-embryo transfer in IVF

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-13

  Fiddelers, A A A ^a   Severens, J L ^a   Dirksen, C D ^a   Dumoulin, J C M ^b   Land, J A ^c   Evers, J L H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Single embryo transfer; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE;

EID: 33845577732     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dml053     Document Type: Review

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