Patients are entitled to maximal IVF pregnancy rates

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 599-602

  Gleicher, Norbert ^a   Oktay, Kutluk ^b   Barad, David H ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DET; Embryo transfer; Infertility; Multiple births; Preimplantation genetic screening; SET

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 65649126425     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60001-6     Document Type: Note

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