Embryo reduction of multifetal pregnancies following assisted reproduction treatment: A modification of the transvaginal ultrasound-guided technique

Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2228-2233

  Iberico G ^a   Navarro, J ^a   Blasco, L ^a,c   Simon C ^a,b   Pellicer, A ^a,b   Remohi J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INFERTILIDAD   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo reduction; Multifetal pregnancy; Transvaginal ultrasound guided technique

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DIPYRONE MAGNESIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO GROWTH; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SPOTTING; TECHNIQUE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033772217     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.10.2228     Document Type: Article

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