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FERTILITY AND STERILITY
Volume 95, Issue 6, Pages 2127-2130Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.12.016
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In vitro fertilization; medical clowning; pregnancy rate
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This experimental prospective quasi-randomized study examining the impact of a medical clowning encounter after embryo transfer (ET) after in vitro fertilization (IVF) found that the pregnancy rate in the intervention group was 36.4%, compared with 20.2% in the control group (adjusted odds ratio, 2.67; 95% confidence interval, 1.36-5.24). Medical clowning as an adjunct to IVF-ET may have a beneficial effect on pregnancy rates and deserves further investigation. (Fertil Steril (R) 2011;95:2127-30. (C)2011 by American Society for Reproductive Medicine.)
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