Back pain in in-vitro fertilized and spontaneous pregnancies

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3233-3238

  Kristiansson, Per ^a,b   Nilsson Wikmar, Lena ^c   Von Schoultz, Bo ^a   Svärdsudd, Kurt ^b   Wramsby, Håkan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Back pain; In vitro fertilization; Pregnancy; Relaxin

Indexed keywords

RELAXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PROVOCATION TEST; SACRUM; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031721425     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.11.3233     Document Type: Article

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