Worldwide decline of IVF birth rates and its probable causes

Human Reproduction Open

Volumn 2019, Issue 3, 2019, Pages

  Gleicher, N ^a,b,c,d   Kushnir, V A ^a,e   Barad, D H ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR HUMAN REPRODUCTION   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

all freeze cycles; blastocyst stage embryo transfer; elective single embryo transfer; embryo banking; IVF; live birth rate; PGS; preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85174232521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23993529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hropen/hoz017     Document Type: Review

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