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How should we define success in assisted reproduction? Is live birth rate the gold standard measurement?

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Clinical pregnancy as a viable gestational sac should be used as a success predictor following ART

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Ulug, U., Ben-Shlomo, I. & Bahceci, M. Opinion. J Assist Reprod Genet 27, 691–693 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-010-9472-x

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