The history of Belgian assisted reproduction technology cycle registration and control: a case study in reducing the incidence of multiple pregnancy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2709-2719

  De Neubourg, D ^a,b   Bogaerts, K ^c   Wyns, C ^d   Albert, A ^e   Camus, M ^f   Candeur, M ^g   Degueldre, M ^h   Delbaere, A ⁱ   Delvigne, A ^j   De Sutter, P ^k   Dhont, M ^k   Dubois, M ^e   Englert, Y ⁱ   Gillain, N ^e   Gordts, S ^l   Hautecoeur, W ^m   Lesaffre, E ^c   Lejeune, B ⁿ   Leroy, F ^g   Ombelet, W ^o   Perrier D'hauterive, S ^e   Vandekerckhove, F ^k   Van Der Elst, J ^p   D'hooghe, T ^a,b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^f CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^h SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

ⁱ ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^j Centre de PMA du CHC   (Belgium)

^k GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^l LEUVEN INSTITUTE FOR FERTILITY AND EMBRYOLOGY   (Belgium)

^m Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Charleroi   (Belgium)

ⁿ IVF Unit   (Belgium)

^o DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^p Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products Belgium   (Belgium)

more..

Author keywords

assisted reproductive technology; Belgium; IVF; multiple pregnancies; registration

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CASE STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVARIAN BLEEDING; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PERINATAL INFECTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY; BELGIUM; IVF; MULTIPLE PREGNANCIES; REGISTRATION;

ADULT; BELGIUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84885154824     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det269     Document Type: Article

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