CDC-reported assisted reproductive technology live-birth rates may mislead the public

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 161-164

  Kushnir, Vitaly A ^a,b,c   Choi, Jennifer ^a,c   Darmon, Sarah K ^a   Albertini, David F ^a,f   Barad, David H ^a,d   Gleicher, Norbert ^a,d,e,f  

^a CENTER FOR HUMAN REPRODUCTION   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WYCKOFF HEIGHTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Foundation for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Health care outcomes; Live birth rates; Public reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EMBRYO; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; OOCYTE; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85020084036     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2017.05.008     Document Type: Article

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