Conjoined twins in a triplet pregnancy after intracytoplasmic sperm injection and blastocyst transfer: case report and review of the literature

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 933.e9-933.e12

  Hirata, Tetsuya ^a   Osuga, Yutaka ^a   Fujimoto, Akihisa ^a   Oishi, Hajime ^a   Hiroi, Hisahiko ^a   Fujiwara, Toshihiro ^a   Yano, Tetsu ^a   Taketani, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

blastocyst transfer; Conjoined twins; ICSI; triplet pregnancy; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DAMAGE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONJOINED TWINS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 61349095335     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.1730     Document Type: Article

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