Journal of Reproduction & Infertility

Measuring IVF Success: Why the Field Still Lacks Unified Metrics?

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Mohammad Reza Sadeghi

Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran

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Journal of Reproduction & Infertility

Volume 26, Issue 4
Summer 2025
Pages 201-202

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