Fertility and Sterility
Volume 88, Issue 4 , Pages 822-831 , October 2007

Aspirin in women undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Mohammed Khairy, M.B.Ch.B.

      Affiliations

    • Assisted Conception Unit, Guys Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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  • Kaberi Banerjee, M.B.Ch.B., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Assisted Conception Unit, Guys Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Tarek El-Toukhy, M.B.Ch.B., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Assisted Conception Unit, Guys Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Arri Coomarasamy, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Assisted Conception Unit, Guys Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • Department of Public Health & Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: A. Coomarasamy, M.D., 4th Floor, Assisted Conception Unit, Thomas Guy House, Guys Hospital, London, SE1 9RT, UK (FAX: (+44) 2071880490).
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  • Yakoub Khalaf, M.B.Ch.B., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Assisted Conception Unit, Guys Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Received 17 August 2006 ,Revised 9 December 2006 ,Accepted 13 December 2006.

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PII: S0015-0282(07)00071-4

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.12.080

Fertility and Sterility
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