A unique case of trichorionic quadruplet pregnancy after oocyte donation in a patient with Turner's syndrome

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 460-463

  Makrakis, Evangelos ^a   Papagianni, Vassiliki ^a   Deligeoroglou, Efthimios ^b  

^a Embryo ART   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

In vitro fertilisation; Multiple pregnancy; Oocyte donation; Quadruplet pregnancy; Turner's syndrome

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE PLUS NORGESTREL; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLLITROPIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORION; CONSULTATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBRYO GROWTH; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS HEART RATE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; KARYOTYPE 45,X; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; MENARCHE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MOSAICISM; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NIPPLE; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; OOCYTE DONATION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; THICKNESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TRICHORIONICITY; TURNER SYNDROME; TWINS; ULTRASOUND; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS CAVITY; WEBBED NECK;

ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; QUADRUPLETS; TURNER SYNDROME; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 70350627180     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09513590902898247     Document Type: Article

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