TY  - JOUR
TI  - Review of scientific contributions by the Belgian medical centers concerned with human in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF).
AU  - Englert, Y
AU  - Van den Bergh, M
T2  - The International Journal of Developmental Biology
AB  - In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF) may be considered as a particular application of modern medical therapeutics linked to human reproduction. The treatment of human sterility therefore involves some fundamental human values such as life, love and death. The quality of this highly technological treatment with fast knowledge of outcome at the end of the patient's menstrual cycle has been evaluated since the early 80s. It is a typically multidisciplinary team effort involving medical doctors, biologists, laboratory technicians, nurses and clerks that is representative of modern medical practice. IVF covers much more than just embryology, as this review will explain. IVF developed in close relation with clinical and experimental research protocols, which are the major topics of this paper. The newness of the techniques used led to the necessary interactions between clinicians and biologists working on animal experimental embryology.
PY  - 1992
VL  - 36
IS  - 1
SP  - 197
EP  - 204
J2  - Int. J. Dev. Biol.
LA  - en
SN  - 0214-6282
SN  - 1696-3547
UR  - https://ijdb.ehu.eus/article/1627470
Y2  - 2024/05/06/18:47:50
ER  -