Elective single-embryo transfer versus double-embryo transfer following in vitro fertilization: A two-year French hospital experience;Évaluation prospective du transfert sélectif d'un embryon : deux années d'expérience

Gynecologie Obstetrique et Fertilite

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-165

  Leniaud, L ^a   Poncelet, C ^a   Porcher, R ^b   Martin Pont, B ^a   Cedrin Durnerin I ^a   Hugues, J N ^a   Wolf, J P ^a   Sifer, C ^a  

^a HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive techniques (ART); In vitro fertilization (IVF); Intracytplasmic sperm injection (ICSI); Multiple pregnancies; Single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TWIN PREGNANCY; AGE; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; TWINS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TWINS;

EID: 43049148364     PISSN: 12979589     EISSN: 17696682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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