Assisted reproductive technologies and the risk of birth defects - A systematic review

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 328-338

  Hansen, Micheèle ^a   Bower, Carol ^a   Milne, Elizabeth ^a   de Klerk, Nicholas ^a   Kurinczuk, Jennifer J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Congenital malformations; IVF; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DEFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCEPTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFANT; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 14044279292     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh593     Document Type: Review

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