Does assisted hatching pose a risk for monozygotic twinning in pregnancies conceived through in vitro fertilization?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 288-294

  Schieve, Laura A ^a   Meikle, Susan F ^b   Peterson, Herbert B ^a   Jeng, Gary ^a   Burnett, Nancy M ^a   Wilcox, Lynne S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted hatching; Monozygotic; Multiple birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0034254275     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)00602-6     Document Type: Article

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