Lower embryonic loss rates among twin gestations following assisted reproduction

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 181-184

  La Sala, G B ^a   Nucera, G ^a   Gallinelli, A ^a   Nicoli, A ^b   Villani, M T ^a   Blickstein, I ^b  

^a Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova ^*  (Italy)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

ICSI; IVF; Pregnancy loss; Singletons; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWINS;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TWINS;

EID: 20844451580     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-005-4919-1     Document Type: Article

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