Factors predicting the cumulative outcome of IVF/ICSI treatment: A multivariable analysis of 2450 patients

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2532-2540

  Cai, Q F ^a   Wan, F ^b   Huang, R ^c   Zhang, H W ^d  

^a Women and Children Hospital of Guangdong Province   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

clinical pregnancy; IVF ICSI outcome; morphology; multivariable model; predictors

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; AGE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISEASE DURATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL SAC; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051927609     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der228     Document Type: Article

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