Conjoined twins in a trichorionic quadruplet pregnancy after intracytoplasmic sperm injection and quarter laser-assisted zona thinning

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 189.e9-189.e12

  Allegra, Adolfo ^a   Monni, Giovanni ^b   Zoppi, Maria Angelica ^b   Curcio, Patrizia ^a   Marino, Angelo ^a   Volpes, Aldo ^a  

^a ANDROS Day Surgery   (Italy)

^b Osp Regionale per le Microcitemie   (Italy)

Author keywords

assisted hatching; conjoined twins; ICSI; Monozygotic twins; quadruplet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONJOINED TWINS; COUNSELING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LASER; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33845905204     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.04.049     Document Type: Article

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