Pregnancy complications, obstetric risks, and neonatal outcome in singleton and twin pregnancies after GIFT and IVF

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 268, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 256-261

  Ochsenkühn, Robert ^a   Strowitzki, Thomas ^b   Gurtner, Monika ^a   Strauss, Alexander ^a   Schulze, Andreas ^a   Hepp, Hermann ^a   Hillemanns, Peter ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gamete intra fallopian transfer (GIFT); In vitro fertilization (IVF); Neonatal outcome; Pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

AMNIONITIS; APGAR SCORE; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FISHER EXACT TEST; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; INFANT WELFARE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PARITY; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWIN PREGNANCY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RISK FACTORS; TWINS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0141644313     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-003-0518-5     Document Type: Article

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