Has the prevalence of congenital abnormalities after intracytoplasmic sperm injection increased? the leuven data 1994-2000 and a review of the literature

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-22

  Hindryckx, An ^a   Peeraer, Karen ^a   Debrock, Sophie ^a   Legius, Eric ^b   De Zegher, Francis ^b   Francois, Inge ^b   Vanderschueren, Dirk ^b   Demyttenaere, Koen ^b   Rijkers, Anna ^a   D'Hooghe, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UZ Leuven Campus Gasthuisberg ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Chromosomal abnormalities; Congenital abnormalities; Congenital malformations; In vitro fertilization; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIRTH; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FACE MALFORMATION; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIMB MALFORMATION; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKIN MALFORMATION; TRISOMY 21; TURNER SYNDROME; UMBILICAL HERNIA; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BELGIUM; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 75149121114     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000279323     Document Type: Review

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