The sex ratio of singleton offspring in assisted-conception pregnancies

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1579-1585

  Luke, Barbara ^a   Brown, Morton B ^b   Grainger, David A ^c   Baker, Valerie L ^d   Ginsburg, Elizabeth ^e   Stern, Judy E ^f  

^a Reproductive Biology and Department of Epidemiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

blastocyst stage embryos transfers; ICSI; male factor infertility; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLASTOCYST; BOY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE INFERTILITY; MATERNAL AGE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGENY; SEX RATIO;

CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; COHORT STUDIES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEX RATIO; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350570679     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.107     Document Type: Article

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