The influence of assisted reproductive technology on growth discordance in dichorionic twin pregnancies

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 372-376

  Suzuki, Shunji ^a,b   Murata, Tomoaki ^a  

^a JAPANESE RED CROSS KATSUSHIKA MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Japanese Red Cross Katsushika Maternity Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; First trimester; Growth discordance; Placental cord insertion, abnormal; Twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NULLIPARA; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TWINS;

EID: 34547943487     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103299     Document Type: Article

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