Prognostic profiles and the effectiveness of assisted conception: Secondary analyses of individual patient data

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-151

  Van Den Boogaard, N M ^a,b   Bensdorp, A J ^a   Oude Rengerink, K ^a   Barnhart, K ^c   Bhattacharya, S ^d   Custers, I M ^a   Coutifaris, C ^e   Goverde, A J ^f   Guzick, D S ^g   Hughes, E C ^h   Factor Litvak, P ⁱ   Steures, P ^j   Hompes, P G A ^b   Van der Veen, F ^a   Mol, B W J ^a   Bossuyt, P ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e Fertility and Reproductive Endocrinology and Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^h MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ Department of Medicine   (United States)

^j Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Assisted conception; Assisted reproduction; Individual patient data; Prognosis; RCT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED OVARIAN STIMULATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACERVICAL INSEMINATION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LIVE BIRTH; MALE INFERTILITY; MALE SUBFERTILITY; OVULATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ASSISTED CONCEPTION; ASSISTED REPRODUCTION; INDIVIDUAL PATIENT DATA; PROGNOSIS; RCT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84889637497     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmt035     Document Type: Article

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