Contribution of assisted reproductive technology and ovulation-inducing drugs to triplet and higher-order multiple births - United States, 1980-1997

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 49, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 535-538

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ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVULATION INDUCTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; OVULATION INDUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; TRIPLETS; UNITED STATES;

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