Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 2 , Pages 489-495 , July 2010

Can an educational DVD improve the acceptability of elective single embryo transfer? A randomized controlled study

  • Nicole Hope, M.B., B.S., Hon.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Nicole J. Hope, M.B., B.S., Hon., Monash IVF, 1/252 Clayton Rd, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia (FAX: 11-61-3-9890-1866).
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  • Luk Rombauts, M.D., Ph.D.

Received 2 December 2008 ,Revised 7 March 2009 ,Accepted 24 March 2009.

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 N.H. has nothing to disclose. L.R. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.

PII: S0015-0282(09)00750-X

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.03.080

Fertility and Sterility
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