An unexpected quadruplet heterotopic pregnancy after bilateral salpingectomy and replacement of three embryos

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 218-220

  Chang, Yu ^a   Lee, Jau Nan ^a   Yang, Cheng Hui ^a   Hsu, Shih Cheng ^a   Tsai, Eing Mei ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heterotopic pregnancy; IVF; Monozygotic twin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABY; BIRTH; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGECTOMY; SURVIVAL; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0038045068     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00547-8     Document Type: Article

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