Fertility therapy and the risk of very low birth weight

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 600-605

  Mcelrath, Thomas F ^a,b   Wise, Paul H ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUBFERTILITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030967915     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00362-1     Document Type: Article

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