Success rates and cost of a live birth following fresh assisted reproduction treatment in women aged 45 years and older, Australia 2002-2004

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1639-1643

  Sullivan, Elizabeth ^a   Wang, Yueping ^a   Chapman, Michael ^a   Chambers, Georgina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Autologous cycle; Cost; Donor cycle; Maternal age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE;

EID: 44949238598     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den102     Document Type: Article

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