Optimum number of embryos to transfer in women more than 40 years of age undergoing treatment with assisted reproductive technologies

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1637-1642

  Combelles, Catherine M H ^a,b   Orasanu, Bogdan ^a   Ginsburg, Elizabeth S ^a   Racowsky, Catherine ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced maternal age; Multiple gestation rate; Number of embryos transferred; Pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABY; BIRTH RATE; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DISPOSITION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 28944452851     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.04.070     Document Type: Article

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