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In vitro fertilization results, 1979–1982, at Monash University, Queen Victoria, and Epworth Medical Centres

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Studies on in vitro fertilization were begun at Monash University in 1970. A review is presented summarizing developments since then, culminating in pregnancy rates of 18% in 1980, 22% in 1981, and 19% in 1982.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Queen Victoria Medical Centre, 172 Lonsdale Street, 3000, Melbourne, Australia

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Trounson, A., Wood, C. In vitro fertilization results, 1979–1982, at Monash University, Queen Victoria, and Epworth Medical Centres. J Assist Reprod Genet 1, 42–47 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01129619

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