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IVF clinics removing unsafe numbers of eggs

30 June 2021

The ideal safe egg yield during IVF is around 12 eggs, but some clinics are removing as many as 50 in a single procedure, a worryingly high amount, says Professor Joyce Harper (UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health).

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