Donor age is a major determinant of success of oocyte donation/recipient programme

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 118-125

  Wang, Yueping Alex ^a,c   Farquhar, Cindy ^b   Sullivan, Elizabeth Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Perinatal and Reproductive Epidemiology Research Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

donor age; live delivery; oocyte recipient; pregnancy loss; recipient age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION; OOCYTE RECIPIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; RECIPIENT;

EID: 83755205855     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der359     Document Type: Article

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