Malformation rate in fetuses and children conceived after ICSI: Results of a prospective cohort study

Reproductive biomedicine online

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 171-178

  Ludwig, Michael ^a   Katalinic, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RISK; STATISTICS; TWINS;

ABNORMALITIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RISK; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TRIPLETS; TWINS;

EID: 0036719488     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61621-5     Document Type: Article

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