Final ART success rates: A 10 years survey

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2239-2246

  Gnoth, C ^a   Maxrath, B ^a   Skonieczny, T ^a   Friol, K ^a   Godehardt, E ^b   Tigges, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

cumulative live birth rate; cumulative pregnancy rate; German Embryo Protection Act; natural fertility rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUE; BIRTH RATE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REVIEW;

EID: 79960546505     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der178     Document Type: Review

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