Elective single-embryo transfer versus double-embryo transfer in in vitro fertilization

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 2392-2402

  Thurin, Ann ^a   Hausken, Jon ^b   Hillensjö, Torbjörn ^c   Jablonowska, Barbara ^d   Pinborg, Anja ^e   Strandell, Annika ^a   Bergh, Christina ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b HAUGESUND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Carlanderska Hospital   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Rigshospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; THAWING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BIRTH RATE; CRYOPRESERVATION; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 14044249836     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa041032     Document Type: Article

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