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Brian Vastag

JAMA. 2001;285:874.

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About one in four attempts at in vitro fertilization results in a successful birth, according to the Fourth Annual Assisted Reproductive Technology [ART] Report, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For women using their own eggs, age plays a pivotal role in success: those under 35 years fare best, with a 32% success rate, while women aged 40 and older successfully carried a fertilization attempt to term just 8% of the time. For women who opt for a donor egg—a much smaller group—the success rate is about 40%, regardless of age.

The report, meant to aid women and couples considering assisted fertilization, surveyed 360 fertilization clinics in the United States and covers virtually all of the in vitro pregnancy attempts made in 1998. Of 80 600 attempts reported that year, about 30% resulted in pregnancy, culminating in some 28 000 live births.

While ART offers infertile . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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