Survival rates during the first trimester of multiple gestations achieved by ICSI: A report of 1448 consecutive multiples

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 360-364

  Ulug, Ulun ^a   Jozwiak, Esra Aksoy ^a   Mesut, Ali ^a   Berksoy, Mustafa Murat ^a   Bahceci, Mustafa ^a,b,c  

^a German Hospital in Istanbul   (Turkey)

^b YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ART; Gestational sac; ICSI; Multiple pregnancy; Spontaneous reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 1242296260     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh090     Document Type: Article

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