Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 2 , Pages 435-445 , August 2005

One last chance for pregnancy: a review of 2,705 in vitro fertilization cycles initiated in women age 40 years and above

  • Sigal Klipstein, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Boston IVF, Waltham, Massachusetts
    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Sigal Klipstein, M.D., Karande and Associates for Fertility, 1585 North Barrington Road, Suite 406, Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60194 (FAX: 847-884-8093).
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  • Meredith Regan, Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • David A. Ryley, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Boston IVF, Waltham, Massachusetts
    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Marlene B. Goldman, Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Michael M. Alper, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Boston IVF, Waltham, Massachusetts
    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Richard H. Reindollar, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Boston IVF, Waltham, Massachusetts
    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 24 June 2004 ,Revised 14 February 2005 ,Accepted 14 February 2005.

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PII: S0015-0282(05)00884-8

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.02.020

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 2 , Pages 435-445 , August 2005

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