Cumulative live birth rate: Time for a consensus?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2703-2707

  Maheshwari, Abha ^a   McLernon, David ^b   Bhattacharya, Siladitya ^b  

^a NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cumulative live birth rate; Embryo transfer; Fresh embryo transfer; Frozen embryo transfer; IVF, ICSI; Life tables; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FREEZING; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; THAWING; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIRTH RATE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84983195523     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev263     Document Type: Review

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