Limiting multiple pregnancy in in vitro fertilization/embryo transfer (IVF-ET) cycles

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 540-545

  Austin, Cynthia M ^a,b   Stewart, Sandra P ^a   Goldfarb, James M ^a   Sheean, Leon A ^a   Gindlesperger, Victoria R ^a   Duchon, Method A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

embryo quality; embryo transfer; in vitro fertilization; multiple pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVARY CYCLE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029820964     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02066605     Document Type: Article

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