Cerebral palsy, autism spectrum disorders, and developmental delay in children born after assisted conception: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-83

  Hvidtjørn, Dorte ^a   Schieve, Laura ^b   Schendel, Diana ^b   Jacobsson, Bo ^a,c,d   Sværke, Claus ^a   Thorsen, Poul ^a,e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONCEPTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 61449095583     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2008.507     Document Type: Review

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