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Human Reproduction, Vol. 6, No. 7, pp. 939-943, 1991
© 1991 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

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Selective drop-out in successive in-vitro fertilization attempts: the pendulum danger

Ger Haan1,7, Rob E. Bernardus2, Hans M.G. Hollanders3, Bob A. Leerentveld4, Frederika M. Prak5 and Nico Naaktgeboren6

1Institute for Medical Technology Assessment, University of Limburg Maastricht, The Netherlands 2Free University Hospital Amsterdam (now Regional Hospital Gooi-Noord, Bussum), The Netherlands 3St. Radboud University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands 4Academic Hospital Dijkzigt Rotterdam, The Netherlands 5st. Elisabeth Hospital Tilburg, The Netherlands 6Academic Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands

Correspondence: 7To whom correspondence should be addressed at Joh. v.d. Waalslaan 5, 5056 VH Berkel-Enschot, The Netherlands

Success rates from in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in the long term are dependent on selection procedures with regard to continuation into further IVE episodes. Publications on success rates in successive episodes will give incentives to adapt selection criteria, but if these publications do not deal explicitly with patient selection, the adaptations might change their direction every time: the pendulum danger.

Key words: infertility/IVF/cumulative pregnancy rates/selection/methodology


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