Abnormal placental cord insertion may induce intrauterine growth restriction in IVF-twin pregnancies

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1285-1290

  Cai, Li Yi ^a   Izumi, Shun Ichiro ^a   Koido, Shigeru ^a   Uchida, Noa ^a   Suzuki, Takahiro ^a   Matsubayashi, Hidehiko ^a   Sugi, Toshitaka ^a   Shida, Nobuko ^a   Kikuchi, Kimitaka ^a   Yoshikata, Kikuo ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction technique; Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR); IVF; Twins; Umbilical cord insertion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORION VILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PERINATAL CARE; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD COMPLICATION;

EID: 33645798867     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei494     Document Type: Article

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