Association of number of retrieved oocytes with live birth rate and birth weight: An analysis of 231,815 cycles of in vitro fertilization

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 931-938.e2

  Baker, Valerie L ^a   Brown, Morton B ^b   Luke, Barbara ^c   Conrad, Kirk P ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; In vitro fertilization; Live birth rate; Low birth weight; Oocyte number; Z score

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOPRESERVATION; DONOR; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; OOCYTE DONOR; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; GESTATIONAL AGE; NEWBORN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE BIRTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OOCYTE DONATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84933179860     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.12.120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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