Relative contribution of ovarian stimulation versus in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection to multifetal pregnancies requiring reduction to twins

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 997-999

  Ombelet, Willem ^a   Camus, Michel ^b   de Catte, Luc ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; TWIN PREGNANCY;

BELGIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREMATURE BIRTH; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TWINS;

EID: 34848825007     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.12.036     Document Type: Article

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