Does single embryo transfer improve the obstetric and neonatal outcome of singleton pregnancy?

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 888-892

  Poikkeus, Piia ^a   Tiitinen, Aila ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive treatment; Pregnancy; Single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; CONCEPTION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS OUTCOME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; SINGLETON PREGNANCY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 51649125215     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340802307787     Document Type: Note

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