Natural cycle in vitro fertilisation (IVF) for subfertile couples

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Allersma, Thomas ^a   Farquhar, Cindy ^b   Cantineau, Astrid E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVE BIRTH; MODIFIED NATURAL CYCLE IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; NATURAL CYCLE IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SAFETY; SUBFERTILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LIVE BIRTH; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84893379750     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010550.pub2     Document Type: Review

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