Assisted reproductive technology practice patterns and the impact of embryo transfer guidelines in the United States

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 275-282

  Stern, Judy E ^a   Cedars, Marcelle I ^b   Jain, Tarun ^c   Klein, Nancy A ^d   Beaird, C Martin ^e   Grainger, David A ^f   Gibbons, William E ^g  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Seattle Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^e GAL Manufacturing Company   (United States)

^f Center for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^g A Woman's Center for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

ART; IVF; multiple pregnancy; SART ASRM guidelines; success rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547714860     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.09.016     Document Type: Article

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