Selective single blastocyst transfer reduces the multiple pregnancy rate and increases pregnancy rates: A pre- and postintervention study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 385-390

  Khalaf, Y ^a,b   El Toukhy, T ^a   Coomarasamy, A ^a   Kamal, A ^a   Bolton, V ^a   Braude, P ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blastocyst transfer; Clinical pregnancy; IVF; Multiple pregnancy; Single embryo transfer pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 38049085253     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01584.x     Document Type: Article

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