Cognitive development following ART: Effect of choice of comparison group, confounding and mediating factors

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 244-252

  Carson, C ^a   Kurinczuk, J J ^a   Sacker, A ^b   Kelly, Y ^c   Klemetti, R ^a   Redshaw, M ^a   Quigley, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ART; ART children; Comparison groups; Confounding factors; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 72849131792     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep344     Document Type: Article

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