Are US results for assisted reproduction better than the rest? Is it a question of competence or policies?

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 624-630

  Abdalla, Hossam I ^a  

^a LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

incidence of egg donation; national IVF results; number of embryos transferred; patient selection; USA UK ANZ

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH RATE; COMPETENCE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; NEW ZEALAND; OOCYTE DONATION; OVARIAN RESERVE; POLICY; REPRODUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; NEW ZEALAND; OOCYTE DONATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049460397     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.04.034     Document Type: Article

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