Infertility therapy-associated multiple pregnancies (births): An ongoing epidemic

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 515-542

  Adashi, Eli Y ^a   Barri, Pedro N ^b   Berkowitz, Richard ^c   Braude, Peter ^d   Bryan, Elizabeth ^e   Carr, Judith ^f   Cohen, Jean ^g   Collins, John ^h   Devroey, Paul ⁱ   Frydman, René ^j   Gardner, David ^k   Germond, Marc ^l   Gerris, Jan ^m   Gianaroli, Luca ⁿ   Hamberger, Lars ^o   Howles, Colin ^p   Jones Jr , Howard ^q   Lunenfeld, Bruno ^r   Pope, Andrew ^s   Reynolds, Meredith ^t   Rosenwaks, Zev ^u   Schieve, Laura A ^t   Serour, Gamal I ^v,w   Shenfield, Françoise ^x   Templeton, Allan ^y   Van Steirteghem, André ⁱ   Veeck, Lucinda ^u   Wennerholm, Ulla Britt ^o   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f Dutch Speaking Brussels Free Univ ^*

^g Hospital de Sevres   (France)

^h MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^j HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^k National Foundation for Fertility Research   (United States)

^l LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^m MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

ⁿ Bologna   (Italy)

^o SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^p Serono   (Switzerland)

^q EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^r BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^s INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^t NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^u WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^v Egyptian International Fertility IVF ET Center   (Egypt)

^w AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^x ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^y UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; RECOMBINANT LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 10744222328     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62069-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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