Cumulative birth rates with linked assisted reproductive technology cycles

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 26, 2012, Pages 2483-2491

  Luke, Barbara ^a   Brown, Morton B ^b   Wantman, Ethan ^d   Lederman, Avi ^d   Gibbons, William ^g   Schattman, Glenn L ^e   Lobo, Rogerio A ^f   Leach, Richard E ^a,c   Stern, Judy E ^h  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

^d Redshift Technologies   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^g BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; OOCYTE DONATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862845066     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1110238     Document Type: Article

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