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Medically assisted reproduction in the context of time
Scholten, I.
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Medically
Assisted
Reproduction
in the context
of time
Irma Scholten
Assisted Reproduction in the context of time Irma Scholten
Medically
Assisted
Reproduction
in the context
of time
voor het bijwonen van de
openbare verdediging van het
proefschrift
Woensdag 2 september 2015
om 12.00u in de
Agnietenkapel
Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231
te Amsterdam
Receptie ter plaatse
na afloop van de promotie
Paranimfen
Raissa Tjon-Kon-Fat
06-41675164
R.I.Tjonkonfat@amc.nl
Bart Voskamp
06-14836444
B.Voskamp@amc.nl
Irma Scholten
door
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© 2015, I. Scholten
All rights reserved. No parts of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission of the author.
The printing of this thesis was supported by Stichting gynaecologische endocrinologie en kunstmatige voortplanting, Amsterdam
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Medically assisted reproduction
in the context of time
ACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFT ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor
aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam op gezag van de Rector Magnificus
prof. dr. D.C. van den Boom
ten overstaan van een door het College voor Promoties ingestelde commissie, in het openbaar te verdedigen in de Agnietenkapel
op woensdag 2 september 2015, te 12.00 uur door
Irma Scholten
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Prof. dr. S. Repping Dr. M. van Wely Prof. dr. C.B. Lambalk Prof. dr. J.L.H. Evers Prof. dr. F.M. Helmerhorst
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CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Introduction 9Chapter 2 Natural conception: the importance of repeated predictions
In progress
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Chapter 3 Reporting multiple cycles in trials on medically assisted reproduction
Submitted
37
Chapter 4 The effectiveness of intrauterine insemination: a matched cohort study
Submitted
51
Chapter 5 Long term outcome in subfertile couples with isolated cervical factor
European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 2013;170:429-433
63
Chapter 6 Long-term follow-up of couples initially randomized between immobilization and immediate mobilization subsequent to intrauterine insemination
Reproductive BioMedicine Online 2014;29:125-130
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Chapter 7 The impact of assisted reproductive technology on the incidence of multiple gestation infants: a population perspective
Fertility and Sterility 2015 Jan; 103(1): 179-83
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Chapter 8 General discussion and implications for future research 101
Chapter 9 Summary 109
Chapter 10 Nederlandse samenvatting 113
Appendices Portfolio 119
Dankwoord 125
