Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4 , Pages 1061-1066 , April 2009

From oocyte to baby: a clinical evaluation of the biological efficiency of in vitro fertilization

  • Pasquale Patrizio, M.D., M.B.E.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Pasquale Patrizio, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale Fertility Center, New Haven, 150 Sargent Drive, CT 06511 (FAX: 203-764-5669).
    • ,
  • Denny Sakkas, Ph.D.

Received 21 September 2007 ,Revised 2 January 2008 ,Accepted 2 January 2008.

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 P. P. has nothing to disclose. D.S. is on the scientific advisory board for Molecular Biometrics.

PII: S0015-0282(08)00025-3

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.003

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4 , Pages 1061-1066 , April 2009

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