Prevention of twin pregnancy after in-vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection based on strict embryo criteria: A prospective randomized clinical trial

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2581-2587

  Gerris, Jan ^a   De Neubourg, Diane ^a   Mangelschots, Kathelijne ^a   Van Royen, Eric ^a   Van De Meerssche, Muriel ^a   Valkenburg, Marion ^a  

^a MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

IVF; Single embryo transfer; Twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032875437     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.10.2581     Document Type: Article

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