Zygosity and chorionicity in triplet pregnancies: New data

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 100-105

  Guilherme, Romain ^a,c   Drunat, Séverine ^a   Delezoide, Anne Lise ^a   Oury, Jean François ^a   Luton, Dominique ^b  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction technologies; Chorionicity; Microsatellites; Triplets; Zygosity

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHORIONICITY; CONCEPTION; ELECTROPHORESIS; EMBRYOLOGY; FERTILIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL CARE; REPRODUCTION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ZYGOSITY;

EID: 57749178194     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den364     Document Type: Article

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