Cumulative newborn rates increase with the total number of transferred embryos according to an analysis of 15,792 ovum donation cycles

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Garrido, Nicolás ^a   Bellver, José ^a   Remohí, José ^a   Alamá, Pilar ^a   Pellicer, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; cumulative rates; IVF; newborn; number of embryos; ovum donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CUMULATIVE NEWBORN RATE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OOCYTE DONATION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84864472763     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.04.039     Document Type: Article

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