Affordable IVF for developing countries

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-265

  Ombelet, Willem ^a,c   Campo, Rudi ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b LEUVEN INSTITUTE FOR FERTILITY AND EMBRYOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c Scientific Committee of the Flemish Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Affordable; Assisted reproduction; Developing countries; Infertility treatment; IVF; Simplified methods

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LAPAROSCOPY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREGNANCY RATE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34548766124     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60337-9     Document Type: Article

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