Monozygotic multiple gestation following in vitro fertilization: Analysis of seven cases from Japan

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Assisted Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Yanaihara, Atsushi ^a,b   Yorimitsu, Takeshi ^a   Motoyama, Hiroshi ^a   Watanabe, Hideaki ^a   Kawamura, Toshihiro ^a  

^a Denentoshi Ladies Clinic   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CHORION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEART CONTRACTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; JAPAN; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 35349019750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17431050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-1050-4-4     Document Type: Article

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