Spontaneous pregnancy after successful ICSI treatment: Evaluation of risk factors in 899 families in Germany

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 403-409

  Ludwig, Annika Kristin ^a   Katalinic, A ^b   Jendrysik, J ^b   Thyen, U ^b   Sutcliffe, A G ^c   Diedrich, K ^b   Ludwig, M ^a  

^a ENDOKRINOLOGIKUM HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contraception; ICSI; Infertility; Natural conception; Spontaneous conception; Spontaneous pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 52049101176     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60225-8     Document Type: Article

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