The incidence of monozygotic twinning following PGD is not increased

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2945-2950

  Verpoest, W ^a   Van Landuyt, L ^a   Desmyttere, S ^b   Cremers, A ^a   Devroey, P ^a   Liebaers, I ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blastocyst transfer; ICSI; Monozygotic; PGD; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 70350504151     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep280     Document Type: Article

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