Monozygotic twinning associated with day 5 embryo transfer in pregnancies conceived after IVF

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1831-1836

  Wright, Victoria ^a   Schieve, Laura A ^a   Vahratian, Anjel ^a   Reynolds, Meredith A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Extended culture; IVF; Monozygotic; Twinning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS; FETUS HEART; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OOCYTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY RATE; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344580882     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh338     Document Type: Article

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