Twin gestation occupying separate horns of a bicornuate uterus after in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2316-2318

  Barmat, L I ^a   Damario, M A ^a   Kowalik, A ^a   Kligman, I ^a   Davis, O K ^a   Rosenwaks, Z ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicornuate uterus; In vitro fertilization; Twin gestation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERUS BICORNIS;

EID: 0029804891     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019096     Document Type: Article

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