Monozygotic twinning: an eight-year experience at a large IVF center

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 502-510

  Knopman, Jaime ^a   Krey, Lewis C ^a   Lee, Jennifer ^a   Fino, Mary Elizabeth ^a   Novetsky, Akiva P ^a   Noyes, Nicole ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

amnionicity; blastocyst; chorionicity; high risk pregnancy; Monozygotic pregnancy; twinning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TWIN PREGNANCY;

AMNION; BLASTOCYST; CHORION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TWINNING, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77953707154     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.03.064     Document Type: Article

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