Risk of birth defects increased in pregnancies conceived by assisted human reproduction

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1557-1561

  El Chaar, Darine ^a   Yang, Qiuying ^a   Gao, Jun ^a   Bottomley, Jim ^a   Leader, Arthur ^a   Wen, Shi Wu ^a   Walker, Mark ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

assisted human reproduction; assisted reproductive technology; Birth defects; in vitro fertilization; intrauterine insemination; ovulation induction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GASTROINTESTINAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATERNAL AGE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350566789     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.080     Document Type: Article

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