Prognostic factors influencing fresh and frozen IVF outcomes: An analysis of the UK national database

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 437-448

  Hirst, W Mark ^a   Vail, Andy ^a   Brison, Daniel R ^a   Roberts, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort; In vitro fertilization; Outcomes; Prognostic factors; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DATA BASE; DISEASE DURATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FRESH EMBRYO TRANSFER; FROZEN EMBRYO TRANSFER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROGNOSIS; SPERMATOZOON; THAWING; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNITED KINGDOM; GREAT BRITAIN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958023103     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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