Clinical factors associated with live birth after single embryo transfer

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1152-1156

  Kresowik, Jessica D K ^a   Sparks, Amy E T ^a   Van Voorhis, Bradley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

IVF; live birth; single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE MATURATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLASTOMERES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; IOWA; LIVE BIRTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867745329     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.07.1141     Document Type: Article

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