In vitro fertilization is expensive: When should a couple be advised to stop trying with their own gametes and seek other options? Review of three cases

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-9

  Check, J H ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Attn: L Long   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation; Embryo fragmentation; Hypo osmotic swelling test; In vitro fertilization; Refractory infertility

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN; METFORMIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONCEPTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; REVIEW; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERM; UTERUS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 40449131666     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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