Efficacy, safety, and trends in assisted reproductive technology in Japan-analysis of four-year data from the national registry system

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 477-484

  Takeshima, Kazumi ^a   Saito, Hidekazu ^a   Nakaza, Aritoshi ^b   Kuwahara, Akira ^c   Ishihara, Osamu ^d   Irahara, Minoru ^c   Hirahara, Humiki ^e   Yoshimura, Yasunori ^f   Sakumoto, Tetsuro ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b Alba Okinawa Clinic   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^d SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Multiple pregnancy; Single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; JAPAN; LIVE BIRTH; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; BIRTH RATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

BIRTH RATE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 84897484921     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-014-0181-8     Document Type: Article

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