Patient attitudes towards twin pregnancies and single embryo transfer - A questionnaire study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2673-2678

  Højgaard, Astrid ^a   Ottosen, Lars D M ^a   Kesmodel, Ulrik ^b   Ingerslev, Hans Jakob ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Patient attitudes; Questionnaire; Single embryo transfer; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFORMED CONSENT; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREMATURE LABOR; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 34548741713     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem173     Document Type: Article

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