Number of embryos for transfer after IVF and ICSI: A Cochrane review

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2681-2687

  Pandian, Zabeena ^a   Templeton, Allan ^a   Serour, Gamal ^b   Bhattacharya, Siladitya ^a  

^a ABERDEEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Egyptian IVF and ET Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Double embryo transfer; IVF; Multiple pregnancies; Single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

CELL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBASE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27144482383     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei153     Document Type: Review

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