Do placentae of term singleton pregnancies obtained by assisted reproductive technologies differ from those of spontaneously conceived pregnancies?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1107-1110

  Daniel, Y ^a,c   Schreiber, L ^b   Geva, E ^c   Amit, A ^c   Pausner, D ^a   Kupferminc, M J ^b   Lessing, J B ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (Israel)

^b LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Embryo transfer; ICSI; Perinatal outcome; Placental pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MORPHOLOGY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PLACENTA; PLACENTA WEIGHT; THICKNESS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0032916488     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.4.1107     Document Type: Article

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