Effect of the woman's age on discontinuation of IVF treatment

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 496-500

  Soullier, Noémie ^a,b,c   Bouyer, Jean ^a,b,c   Pouly, Jean Luc ^d   Guibert, Juliette ^e,f   De La Rochebrochard, Elise ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^e Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

^f INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Cumulative rates; IVF; Multiple imputation; Treatment discontinuation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY RATE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; AGE; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; PATIENT DROPOUT; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959369340     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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