Clinical prediction models to inform individualized decision-making in subfertile couples: A stratified medicine approach

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1851-1858

  McLernon, D J ^a   Te Velde, E R ^b   Steyerberg, E W ^b   Mol, B W J ^c   Bhattacharya, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

epidemiology; female infertility; pregnancy; statistics

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUBFERTILITY; TIME TO PREGNANCY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; INFERTILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 84906091116     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu173     Document Type: Review

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