Incidence of monozygotic twins in blastocyst and cleavage stage assisted reproductive technology cycles

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 642-645

  Sharara, Fady I ^a,b   Abdo, Galal ^a  

^a Virginia Center for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ART; blastocyst; cleavage stage; ET; Monozygotic twins; pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY CYCLE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 74449092239     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.130     Document Type: Article

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