Obstetric and perinatal outcome in pregnancies after assisted reproduction

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 193-198

  Tanbo, Tom ^a,b   Åbyholm, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OOCYTE DONATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION;

EID: 0029894868     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199606000-00008     Document Type: Review

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