Impact of infertility characteristics and treatment modalities on singleton pregnancies after assisted reproduction

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 135-144

  Poikkeus, Piia ^a   Unkila Kallio, L ^a   Vilska, S ^b   Repokari, L ^c   Punamaki R L ^d   Aitokallio Tallberg, A ^a   Sinkkonen, J ^e   Almqvist, F ^c   Tulppala, M ^a   Tiitinen, A ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Infertility Clinic   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction treatment; Elective single embryo transfer; Infertility characteristics; IVF; Obstetrics and neonatal outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745968449     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)62027-5     Document Type: Article

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