Single embryo transfer - State of the art

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 615-622

  De Neubourg, Diane ^a   Gerris, Jan ^a  

^a MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Embryo quality; Prevention of multiple pregnancies; Prevention twin pregnancies; Single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

AGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY RATE; REVIEW; THAWING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0348161317     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62083-4     Document Type: Review

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