Effectiveness and safety as outcome measures in reproductive medicine

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2249-2251

  Braakhekke, M ^a   Kamphuis, E I ^a   Mol, F ^a   Norman, R J ^b   Bhattacharya, S ^c   Van Der Veen, F ^a   Mol, B W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Outcome measures; Reproductive medicine; Safety

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; LETROZOLE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOUBLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; DRUG SAFETY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE LABOR; REPRODUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; INFERTILITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 84943279797     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev201     Document Type: Article

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