Practice patterns and outcomes with the use of single embryo transfer in the United States

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 490-498

  Luke, Barbara ^a   Brown, Morton B ^b   Grainger, David A ^c   Cedars, Marcelle ^d   Klein, Nancy ^e   Stern, Judy E ^f  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Seattle Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

assisted conceptions; Single embryo transfers; singleton pregnancies; twin pregnancies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE FERTILITY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; TRIPLETS; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74449091204     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.02.077     Document Type: Article

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