The effect of early fetal losses on singleton assisted-conception pregnancy outcomes

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2578-2585

  Luke, Barbara ^a   Brown, Morton B ^b   Grainger, David A ^c   Stern, Judy E ^d   Klein, Nancy ^e   Cedars, Marcelle I ^f  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Seattle Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

assisted conceptions; Early fetal loss; singleton pregnancies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS WASTAGE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 67349172838     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.03.068     Document Type: Article

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