Multiple birth following assisted reproduction - Risk assessment by the involved and non-involved;Mehrlinge nach assistierter reproduktion - Einschätzung des risikos durch betroffene und nichtbetroffene

Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 356-363

  Schröder, Annika K ^a   Schroers, U ^a   Katalinic, A ^b   Diedrich, K ^a   Ludwig, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c Endokrinologikum   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0037613407     PISSN: 00165751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-39244     Document Type: Article

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