Fertility and Sterility
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 1314-1321 , June 2007

A case study of the applicability of a prediction model for the selection of patients undergoing in vitro fertilization for single embryo transfer in another center

  • Claudine C. Hunault, M.D., M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University, Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: C. C. Hunault, M.D., Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University, Medical Center Rotterdam, PO box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (FAX: 10-4089449).
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  • Egbert R. te Velde, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproductive Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Sjerp M. Weima, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproductive Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Nicholas S. Macklon, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproductive Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Marinus J.C. Eijkemans, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University, Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Ellen R. Klinkert, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproductive Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • J. Dik F. Habbema, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University, Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Received 21 April 2006 ,Revised 14 November 2006 ,Accepted 14 November 2006.

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PII: S0015-0282(06)04522-5

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.052

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 1314-1321 , June 2007

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