A triplet pregnancy after in vitro fertilization is a procedure-related complication that should be prevented by replacement of two embryos only

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 290-295

  Roest, Jan ^a,b   Mous, Harold V H ^a   Van Heusden, Arne M ^a   Zeilmaker, Gerard H ^a   Verhoeff, Arie ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Zuiderziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

complication; embryo transfer; obstetric outcome; Triplets

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031015748     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81913-9     Document Type: Article

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