Neonatal outcome of 937 children born after transfer of cryopreserved embryos obtained by ICSI and IVF and comparison with outcome data of fresh ICSI and IVF cycles

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2227-2238

  Belva, F ^a   Henriet, S ^b   Van Den Abbeel, E ^b   Camus, M ^b   Devroey, P ^b   Van Der Elst, J ^b   Liebaers, I ^a   Haentjens, P ^a   Bonduelle, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Children; Cryopreservation; ICSI; IVF; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 52449111207     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den254     Document Type: Article

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