Failures (with some successes) of assisted reproduction and gamete donation programs

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 354-365

  Baird, D T ^a   Bhattacharya, S ^b   Devroey, P ^c   Diedrich, K ^d   Evers, J L H ^e   Fauser, B C J M ^f   Jouannet, P ^g   Pellicer, A ^h   Walters, E ⁱ   Crosignani, P G ^j   Fraser, L ^k   Geraedts, J P M ^l   Gianaroli, L ^m   Glasier, A ^a   Liebaers, I ^c   Sunde, A ⁿ   Tapanainen, J S ^o   Tarlatzis, B ^p   Van Steirteghem, A ^c   Veiga, A ^q  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

ⁱ Thorpes   (United Kingdom)

^j FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^k KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^l MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^m SISMER   (Italy)

ⁿ NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^o UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^p ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^q CMRB Barcelona Stem Cell Bank   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Assisted reproduction technology; ICSI; Intrauterine insemination; IVF; Oocyte donation

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BIRTH RATE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LIVE BIRTH; MALE INFERTILITY; NETHERLANDS; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM DONOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84879441155     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmt007     Document Type: Article

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