Analysis of 104 twin pregnancies conceived with assisted reproductive technologies and 193 spontaneously conceived twin pregnancies

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 683-689

  Daniel, Yair ^a,c   Ochshorn, Yifat ^a   Fait, Gideon ^a,b   Geva, Eli ^a   Bar Am, Amiram ^a   Lessing, Joseph B ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Fetal reduction; ICSI; Infertility; Ovulation induction; Perinatal outcome; Spontaneous twin pregnancy; Twin pregnancies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 0033795478     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)01491-6     Document Type: Article

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