Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 21, Issue 5 , Pages 624-630 , November 2010

Are US results for assisted reproduction better than the rest? Is it a question of competence or policies?

Received 25 January 2010 ,Revised 15 April 2010 ,Accepted 20 April 2010.

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 Since 1988, Dr Abdalla has been the Director of the Lister Fertility Clinic, the largest fertility centre in the UK. He has a special interest in oocyte donation, potential poor responders and factors affecting IVF outcome. He has developed a database management system currently used in a number of leading IVF units in the UK. He has been a member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority since 2004 and, prior to that for 6years, has been a member of the executive committee of the British Fertility Society. He actively contributes to ethical debates related to assisted conception.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.04.034

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