Iatrogenic multiple pregnancy

Seminars in Neonatology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 169-176

  Blickstein, Isaac ^a,b   Keith, Louis G ^c  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IVF; Multiple pregnancy; Ovulation induction; Triplets; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FETUS; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREMATURITY; TWIN ZYGOSITY;

EID: 0036619419     PISSN: 10842756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/siny.2002.0104     Document Type: Article

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