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First American test-tube baby calls healthy birth
Elizabeth Carr, born at Norfolk General Hospital in Virginia, weighs 5 pounds 12 ounces and is described as perfectly healthy. The birth marks a milestone in in vitro fertilization efforts led by Dr. Howard Jones and colleagues at Eastern Virginia Medical School, with global followings in Britain and Australia and numerous pregnancies underway.
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New York Times
Elizabeth Jordan Carr
Norfolk General Hospital
Norfolk
Britain
Australia
England
United States
Lancet
Judith Carr
Roger
Westminster
Mass
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Howard Jones
Carr
Louise Brown
Robert Edwards
Cambridge University
Patrick Ste
John
Lesley Brown
Steptoe
Jones
Los Angeles County University of Southern California Hospital
Richard Marrs
Alan H. DeCherney
Yale University Medical School
New Haven
Jack Lippes
State University of New York
Buffalo
Edwards