Is meaningful reporting of national IVF outcome data possible?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-13

  Abdalla, Hossam I ^a   Bhattacharya, Siladitya ^b   Khalaf, Yacoub ^c  

^a LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryo; IVF; Live birth; National data; Outcome measure

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; NOTE; OOCYTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

EID: 72849142318     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep357     Document Type: Note

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