The desire of infertile patients for multiple births

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 500-504

  Ryan, Ginny L ^a   Zhang, Sunny H ^b   Dokras, Anuja ^a   Syrop, Craig H ^a   Van Voorhis, Bradley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b OB/GYN Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

In vitro fertilization; Infertility; Multiple births; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NULLIPARA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 1642281105     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.05.035     Document Type: Article

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