Predicting ongoing pregnancy chances after IVF and ICSI: A national prospective study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2455-2462

  Lintsen, A M E ^a   Eijkemans, M J C ^b   Hunault, C C ^c   Bouwmans, C A M ^b   Hakkaart, L ^b   Habbema, J D F ^b   Braat, D D M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

IVF ICSI; Prediction model; Pregnancy; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

EID: 34548087770     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem183     Document Type: Article

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