The effect of female age on the likelihood of a live birth from one in-vitro fertilisation treatment

Nicholas A Tonti-Filippini

Correspondence: ntf@cyberspace.net.au

Competing interests:

I am a member of the Ethics Panel of the Victorian Infertility Treatment Authority.

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