The influence of number of embryos transferred on pregnancy outcome in women undergoing in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET)

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 1996, Pages

  Preutthipan, Sangchai ^a   Amso, Nazar ^b   Curtis, Paul ^b   Shaw, Robert W ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030254831     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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