Trends in the incidence of births and multiple births and the factors that determine the probability of multiple birth after IVF treatment

Human Reproduction

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2598-2605

  Engmann, Lawrence ^a,b,e   Maconochie, Noreen ^c   Tan, Seang Lin ^d   Bekir, Jinan ^a  

^a HMP Holloway   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth; Factors; IVF; Multiple birth; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONCEPTION; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; INCIDENCE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY RATE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035658813     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/16.12.2598     Document Type: Article

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