Factors and perceptions that influence women's decisions to have a single embryo transferred

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 526-531

  de Lacey, Sheryl ^a   Davies, M ^a   Homan, G ^a,b   Briggs, N ^a   Norman, R J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Repromed   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; In vitro fertilization; Patient counselling; Single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 36448974577     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60384-7     Document Type: Article

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