Prevention of multiple pregnacy following IVF in Spain

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 856-863

  Tur, Rosa ^a   Coroleu, B ^a   Torello M J ^a   Boada, M ^a   Veiga, A ^a   Barri, P N ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; IVF; Multiple pregnancy; Prevention

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COST CONTROL; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; SPAIN; TREATMENT FAILURE; TWIN PREGNANCY; ADULT; FEMALE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPAIN;

EID: 33845884372     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)61035-8     Document Type: Article

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