Oocyte number per live birth in IVF: were Steptoe and Edwards less wasteful?
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Oocyte number per live birth in IVF: were Steptoe and Edwards less wasteful?
As part of a learning exercise to assess the efficiency of oocyte utilization after controlled ovarian stimulation, we compared historical data from the publications of Steptoe and Edwards describing their early experiences in Oldham and at Bourn Hall with retrospective data from IVF and ICSI cycles carried out at Bourn Hall Clinic during the year 2000. For the purpose of analysing the more rec...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Reproduction
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1460-2350,0268-1161
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh655