Use of outcomes-based data in reducing high-order multiple pregnancies: The role of age, diagnosis, and embryo score

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1534-1541

  Peterson, C Matthew ^a   Reading, James C ^a   Hatasaka, Harry H ^a   Jones, Kirtly Parker ^a   Udoff, Laurence C ^a   Adashi, Eli Y ^a   Kuneck, Paul H ^b   Erickson, Lisa D ^b   Malo, John W ^b   Campbell, Bruce F ^b   Carrell, Douglas T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

High order multiple pregnancy; IVF; quadruplets; triplets

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ESTRADIOL; LEUPRORELIN; PROGESTERONE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DONOR; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EGG; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFORMED CONSENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWINS;

ADULT; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 2942576231     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.01.023     Document Type: Article

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