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Table 1 ART procedures reported to RLA in 2010

Country	Number of Clinics	Assisted reproductive techniques				Total
Country	Number of Clinics	IVF(*)	ICSI(*)	FET	OD(**)	Total
Argentina	22	810	4462	1231,	1832	8336
Brazil	56	542	12,913	2515	1703	17,673
Chile	7	143	1088	255	159	1652
Colombia	8	358	420	127	284	1189
Ecuador	5	61	248	79	104	492
Peru	4	436	713	104	805	2058
Uruguay	2	32	226	46	48	352
Venezuela	6	320	330	122	331	1103

include 7 cycles of GIFT/TOMI in Chile and 1 in Argentina (*) initiated cycles; (**) includes the transfer of fresh and frozen embryos
Source: Assisted reproductive technologies in Latin America: The Latin American Registry, 2010. BRA Assist. Reprod. | V. 16 | no6 | Nov-Dec / 2012

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