Monochorionic-triamniotic triplet pregnancy after intracytoplasmic sperm injection, assisted hatching, and two-embryo transfer: First reported case following IVF

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Ghulmiyyah, Labib M ^a   Perloe, Mark ^a   Tucker, Michael J ^a   Zimmermann, Julie H ^b   Eller, Daniel P ^c   Sills, E Scott ^a  

^a ATLANTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Northside Women   (United States)

^c Maternal Fetal Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerclage; IVF; Monochorionic; Outcome; Triplet pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BLASTOCYST; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATION PERIOD; HATCHING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METAPHASE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; OOCYTE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREECLAMPSIA; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 2642530339     PISSN: 14712393     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-3-4     Document Type: Article

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