Does assisted reproductive technology cause birth defects?

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 260-264

  Bukulmez, Orhan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technologies; Birth defects; Congenital malformations; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; IVF

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DEFECT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67650303350     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32832924a7     Document Type: Review

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