Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 6 , Pages 2043-2049 , November 2010

A cross-sectional evaluation of the first cohort of young adults conceived by in vitro fertilization in the United States

  • Hind A. Beydoun, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Program in Public Health, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
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  • Nicholas Sicignano, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Program in Public Health, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
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  • May A. Beydoun, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • David O. Matson, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Program in Public Health, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
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  • Silvina Bocca, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
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  • Laurel Stadtmauer, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
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  • Sergio Oehninger, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Sergio Oehninger, M.D., Ph.D., Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 601 Colley Avenue, fourth floor, Norfolk, VA 23507 (FAX: 757 446 5905).

Received 10 September 2009 ,Revised 4 December 2009 ,Accepted 7 December 2009.

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 H.B. has nothing to disclose. N.S. has nothing to disclose. M.B. has nothing to disclose. D.M. has nothing to disclose. S.B. has nothing to disclose. L.S. has nothing to disclose. S.O. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported in part by the intramural research program of the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

PII: S0015-0282(09)04209-5

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.12.023

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 6 , Pages 2043-2049 , November 2010

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