The effect of legislation on outcomes of assisted reproduction technology: lessons from the 2004 Italian law

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 854-859

  La Sala, Giovanni Battista ^a   Villani, Maria Teresa ^a   Nicoli, Alessia ^a   Valli, Barbara ^a   Iannotti, Francesca ^a   Blickstein, Isaac ^b  

^a Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova ^*  (Italy)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; ICSI; IVF; legislation; outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; ITALY; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; ITALY; LIVE BIRTH; ODDS RATIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41749110709     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.04.051     Document Type: Article

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