Twin delivery following 12 years of human embryo cryopreservation: Case report

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 328-329

  Revel, A ^a   Safran, A ^a   Laufer, N ^a   Lewin, A ^a   Reubinov, B E ^a   Simon, A ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive techniques; Cryopreservation; Frozen embryo; IVF; Multiple pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEATH; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 1242296258     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh046     Document Type: Article

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