International, collaborative experience of 1789 patients having multifetal pregnancy reduction: A plateauing of risks and outcomes

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-26

  Evans, Mark I ^a   Dommergues, Marc ^b   Wapner, Ronald J ^b   Goldberg, James D ^b   Lynch, Lauren ^b   Zador, Ivan E ^b   Carpenter Jr , Robert J ^b   Timor Tritsch, Ilan ^b   Brambati, Bruno ^b   Nicolaides, Kypros H ^b   Dumez, Yves ^b   Monteagudo, Anna ^b   Johnson, Mark P ^b   Golbus, Mitchell S ^b   Tului, Lucia ^b   Polak, Shawn M ^b   Berkowitz, Richard L ^b  

^a HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

assisted reproductive techniques; infertility therapy; MFPR; Multifetal pregnancy reduction; multiple gestation; prematurity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIPLETS; TWINS;

EID: 18544396194     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1071-5576(95)00037-2     Document Type: Article

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