Monochorionic triplet and monoamniotic twins gestation after intracytoplasmic sperm injection and laser-assisted hatching

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 144-147

  Pantos, Konstas ^a   Kokkali, Georgia ^a   Petroutsou, Konstantina ^a   Lekka, Kaliopi ^a   Malligiannis, Petros ^a   Koratzis, Asterios ^a  

^a Center for Human Reproduction   (Greece)

Author keywords

Assisted hatching; Assisted reproductive technology; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Laser; Monozygotic triplets; Quintuplets

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HATCHING; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LASER; MALE INFERTILITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OOCYTE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TWINS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TRIPLETS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 61849108128     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000208169     Document Type: Article

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