Attitudes of infertile couples to a multiple birth: A review of the literature and results from a survey

Current Women's Health Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-48

  Glazebrook, Christine ^a   Sheard, Charlotte ^a   Winstanley, Laura ^a   Cox, Sara ^b   Ndukwe, George ^c  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b University Boulevard   (United Kingdom)

^c Park Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Double embryo transfer; IVF; Patient decision making; Single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33847662943     PISSN: 15734048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340407779941877     Document Type: Review

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