Controlling the high order multiple birth rate: The European perspective

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 339-344

  Brinsden, Peter R ^a  

^a Bourn Hall Clinic ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive techniques; Embryo transfer; Europe; Multiple births

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG USE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EUROPE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0038575292     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61854-8     Document Type: Article

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