Early loss rates of entire pregnancies after assisted reproduction are lower in twin than in singleton pregnancies

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1452-1454

  Matias, Alexandra ^a   La Sala, Giovanni B ^b   Blickstein, Isaac ^c  

^a Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João   (Portugal)

^b Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova ^*  (Italy)

^c KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 35648938681     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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