Should access to fertility treatment be determined by female body mass index?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 815-820

  Pandey, S ^a   Maheshwari, A ^a   Bhattacharya, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Fertility treatment; IVF

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN;

BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CONCEPTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEWBORN DISEASE; OBESITY; OOCYTE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT COUNSELING; POPULATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE LABOR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77949982685     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq013     Document Type: Review

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