Lower risks of adverse outcome in twins conceived by artificial reproductive techniques compared with spontaneously conceived twins

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2005-2008

  Minakami, H ^a   Sayama, M ^a   Honma, Y ^a   Matsubara, S ^a   Koike, T ^a   Sato, I ^a   Uchida, A ^a   Eguchi, Y ^a   Momoi, M ^a   Araki, S ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive techniques; Cerebral palsy; Mental retardation; Twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; OVULATION INDUCTION; PERINATAL DEATH; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031850733     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.7.2005     Document Type: Article

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