Monozygotic twinning associated with mechanical assisted hatching

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 144-146

  Hershlag, Avner ^a   Paine, Terry ^a   Cooper, George W ^a   Scholl, Gerald M ^a   Rawlinson, Keith ^a   Kvapil, Georgina ^a  

^a Manhassett and Radiological Assoc   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical assisted hatching; Monozygotic twinning; Multiple gestation rate; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HATCHING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OOCYTES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0032895368     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00402-6     Document Type: Article

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