Which factors are most predictive for live birth after in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI) treatments? Analysis of 100 prospectively recorded variables in 8,400 IVF/ICSI single-embryo transfers

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 641-648.e2

  Vaegter, Katarina Kebbon ^a,b   Lakic, Tatevik Ghukasyan ^c   Olovsson, Matts ^b   Berglund, Lars ^c   Brodin, Thomas ^a,b   Holte, Jan ^a,b,d  

^a Carl von Linne Clinic   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

IVF; live birth rate; multiple pregnancy; prediction model; single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMBRYO CULTURE; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY; NIDATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85009783230     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.12.005     Document Type: Article

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