title: Opinion : how should we define success in assisted reproduction? is live birth rate the gold standard measurement?
authors.affiliation: Umut IVF Center, İstanbul, Turkey. ulunulug@superonline.com
authors.forename: Ulun
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ulug
authors.forename: Izhar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ben-Shlomo
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bahceci
mesh_terms: D001723:Birth Rate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050498:Live Birth; D011247:Pregnancy; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
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