Pregnancy, obstetric and neonatal outcome after assisted reproduction in Nigerians

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 261-266

  Ezechi, O C ^a,e   Ndububa, V I ^b   Loto, O M ^c   Ezeobi, P M ^a   Kalu, B K E ^d   Njokanma, O F ^d   Nwokoro, C A ^d  

^a NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

^b IMO STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d Havana Specialist Hospital   (Nigeria)

^e Dip SRHR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Nigeria; Obstetric neonatal outcome; Obstetric complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN CARE; NIGERIA; OOCYTE TRANSPORT; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA PREVIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NIGERIA; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 40549118200     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050801931311     Document Type: Article

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