The long-term outcome of 946 consecutive couples visiting a fertility clinic in 2001-2003

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 160-164

  Donckers, Janneke ^a,b,d   Evers, Johannes L H ^a   Land, Jolande A ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

dropout; infertility; live birth rates; spontaneous pregnancy; Subfertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959880821     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.04.019     Document Type: Article

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