Ectopic pregnancy after assisted reproductive technology: What are the risk factors?

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 202-207

  Chang, Hye Jin ^a,b   Suh, Chang Suk ^b,c  

^a Health Promotion Center   (Australia)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Ectopic pregnancy; IVF and embryo transfer; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NIDATION; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE; UTERINE TUBE SURGERY; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OOCYTE DONATION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77951939186     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32833848fd     Document Type: Review

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