Assisted reproductive technologies and monozygous twins: Implications for future study and clinical practice

Twin Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 217-223

  Sills, E Scott ^a   Tucker, Michael J ^a   Palermo, Gianpiero D ^b  

^a Georgia Reproductive Specialists LLC   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

In vitro fertilization; Monozygotic; Twinning; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HATCHING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LITERATURE; MICROMANIPULATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0034515461     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.3.4.217     Document Type: Article

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