Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 3 , Pages 600-604 , September 2005

In vitro fertilization (IVF) versus gonadotropins followed by IVF as treatment for primary infertility: a cost-based decision analysis

  • Suleena Kansal-Kalra, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Suleena Kansal-Kalra, M.D., Department of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, 3701 Market Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 (FAX: 215-349-5512).
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  • Magdy P. Milad, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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  • William A. Grobman, M.D., M.B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Received 18 November 2004 ,Revised 17 March 2005 ,Accepted 17 March 2005.

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PII: S0015-0282(05)01059-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.03.049

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 84, Issue 3 , Pages 600-604 , September 2005

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