Single-embryo transfer reduces clinical pregnancy rates and live births in fresh IVF and Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) cycles: A meta-analysis

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Baruffi, Ricardo L R ^a   Mauri, Ana L ^a   Petersen, Claudia G ^a   Nicoletti, Andréia ^a   Pontes, Anagloria ^b   Oliveira, João Batista A ^a,b   Franco Jr , José G ^a,b  

^a Center for Human Reproduction Prof Franco Junior   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NIDATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY RATE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SCISEARCH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TWIN PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BIRTH RATE; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 65649130016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-7-36     Document Type: Review

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