Live birth is the correct outcome for clinical trials evaluating therapy for the infertile couple

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1205-1208

  Barnhart, Kurt T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical trial; Infertility; live birth; outcome

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONCEPTION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STILLBIRTH; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; INFERTILITY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899624846     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.03.026     Document Type: Review

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