Assisted Reproductive Technology - Glossary

Introduction

The following glossary of medically assisted reproduction (MAR) terms has been developed following a WHO meeting in 2008. The purpose is to establish a consensus to allow better analysis of statistical and health data. The full paper is available from the WHO website and was published in Fertility and Sterility.

"Seventy-two clinicians, basic scientists, epidemiologists and social scientists gathered together at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, in December 2008. Several months before, three working groups were established asresponsible for terminology in three specific areas: clinical conditions and pro- cedures, laboratory procedures, and outcome measures. Each group reviewed the existing International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technology glossary, made recommendations for revisions and introduced new terms to be considered for glossary expansion."

Glossary

clinical pregnancy with fetal heart beat

"pregnancy diagnosed by ultrasonographic or clinical documentation of at least one fetus with heart beat. It includes ectopic pregnancy."

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