Quintuplet pregnancy following transfer of two blastocysts: Case report

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 325-327

  Zikopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Platteau, Peter ^a   Kolibianakis, Efstratios ^a   Albano, Carola ^a   Van Steirteghem, Andre ^a   Devroey, Paul ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; ICSI; Monozygotic triplets; Monozygotic twins

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLOMIFENE CITRATE; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; CASE REPORT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LUTEAL PHASE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERM DONOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 1242341410     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh084     Document Type: Article

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