The relative contribution of assisted reproductive technologies and ovulation induction to multiple births in the United States 5 years after the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology/American Society for Reproductive Medicine recommendation to limit the number of embryos transferred

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1554-1561

  Dickey, Richard P ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CDC; high order multiple birth; IVF; ovulation induction; practice committee; quadruplet; SART ASRM; triplet; twin; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37149001550     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.112     Document Type: Article

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