Prevention of multiple pregnancies after IVF in women 38 and older: A randomized study

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 386-393

  Heijnen, Esther M E W ^a,b   Klinkert, E R ^c   Schmoutziguer, A P E ^d   Eijkemans, M J C ^b   te Velde, E R ^a   Broekmans, F J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cumulative pregnancy rates; IVF; Multiple pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33748592309     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61444-7     Document Type: Article

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