The wobbly evidence base of reproductive medicine

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 742-746

  Evers, J L H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction; evidence based medicine; fertility treatment; multicentre trials; randomized controlled trials; study design

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOMIFENE; CORTICOSTEROID; HEPARIN; INSULIN; METFORMIN; PRASTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; SILDENAFIL; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONCEPTION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITOR; EMBRYOLOGY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FUNDING; GENETIC SCREENING; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INJURY SCALE; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE FERTILITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NETHERLANDS; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY RATE; PUBLICATION; REIMPLANTATION; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPERMATOZOON; STUDY DESIGN; SUBFERTILITY;

ASSISTED REPRODUCTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FERTILITY TREATMENT; MULTICENTRE TRIALS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; STUDY DESIGN;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ETHICS, RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84889082339     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2013.06.001     Document Type: Review

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