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1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216-4505, USA. bcowan@ob-gyn.umsmed.edu
Fertility and Sterility
|March 8, 2005
Abstract:
Huang et al. described compliance of IVF websites against the American Medical Association online health information guidelines and reported that IVF websites scored poorly. We describe a protocol for IVF websites that would inform readers about truthfulness of the page, develop standards for page construction, and establish a review process.
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