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In Vitro Fertilization

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Manual on Assisted Reproduction

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The short report by Steptoe and Edwards Lancet in 1978 entitled “Birth after the reimplantation of a human embryo” marked the culmination of a long development in the field of reproductive medicine and the beginning of in vitro fertilization (IVF) as a routine method of infertility treatment (Table 1). IVF means the fertilization of an oocyte with sperm outside the body. IVF treatment involves the collection of mature oocytes, their fertilization and cultivation as embryos, and their subsequent transfer into the uterus (Fig. 1).

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  1. Division of Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, University Women’s Hospital, Voßstrasse 9, 69115, Heidelberg, Germany

    Thomas Rabe (Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c.) & Benno Runnebaum (Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c.) (Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c.) &  (Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c.)

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany

    Klaus Diedrich (Prof. Dr. med.) (Prof. Dr. med.)

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Rabe, T., Diedrich, K., Eberhardt, I., Küpker, W. (1997). In Vitro Fertilization. In: Rabe, T., Diedrich, K., Runnebaum, B. (eds) Manual on Assisted Reproduction. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-00763-1_11

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