Assisted reproduction using donated embryos: Outcomes from surveillance systems in six countries

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 747-752

  Keenan, Jeffrey A ^a   Gissler, Mika ^b   Finger, Reginald ^a  

^a National Embryo Donation Center   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

embryo donation; live birth rate; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BIRTH RATE; CANADA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857204466     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der459     Document Type: Article

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