Birth outcomes after spontaneous or assisted conception among infertile Australian women aged 28 to 36 years: A prospective, population-based study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 630-638

  Herbert, Danielle L ^a   Lucke, Jayne C ^b   Dobson, Annette J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assisted conception; birth; in vitro fertilization; infertility; spontaneous conception; subfertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; OVULATION INDUCTION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STILLBIRTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LIVE BIRTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857786428     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.12.033     Document Type: Article

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