IVF-conceived children show no developmental or educational disadvantage at primary school age compared to spontaneously conceived peers, as per data on over 400,000 Australian kids

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Article Title: School-age outcomes among IVF-conceived children: A population-wide cohort study

Author Countries : Australia

Funding: This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council through the Australian Federal Government Graduate Research Scheme (AK) and Mercy Foundation, through Mercy Perinatal (AK). Ferring Pharmaceutics supported this work through an unconditional research grant (AK). The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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10.1371/journal.pmed.1004148

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Competing interests: I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: BV has a paid role as a member of the Therapeutic Goods Administration. BV, FA and KS own shares in respective IVF companies (Monash IVF, Virtus Health and Melbourne IVF).