Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs): Evaluation of evidence to support public policy development

Reproductive Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nardelli, Alexa A ^a   Stafinski, Tania ^a   Motan, Tarek ^b   Klein, Kristin ^a   Menon, Devidas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; ICSI; IVF; Outcomes; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONCEPTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FROZEN EMBRYO TRANSFER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SAFETY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

EMBRYO TRANSFER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 84920818473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-11-76     Document Type: Review

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