Modification of assisted reproduction techniques to prevent preterm birth

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 833-841

  Pandian, Zabeena ^a,b   Templeton, Allan ^a   Bhattacharya, Siladltya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; REVIEW; SUPEROVULATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREMATURE BIRTH; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 7744224026     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.grf.0000141449.23192.21     Document Type: Review

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