Continuous quality improvement and assisted reproductive technology multiple gestations: some progress, some answers, more questions

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 301-304

  Gibbons, William ^a   Grainger, David ^a   Cedars, Marcelle ^a   Jain, Tarun ^a   Klein, Nancy ^a   Stern, Judy ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ANNUAL REPORTS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547685882     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.04.050     Document Type: Article

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