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

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2586-2592

  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; twin pregnancies

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 67349224676     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.020     Document Type: Article

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