Multiplicity and early gestational age contribute to an increased risk of cerebral palsy from assisted conception: A population-based cohort study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2115-2123

  Hvidtjorn D ^a   Grove, J ^a   Schendel, D ^b   Svaerke C ^a   Schieve, L A ^b   Uldall, P ^c,d   Ernst, E ^e   Jacobsson, B ^f   Thorsen, P ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction; cerebral palsy; multiple births; preterm births

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVULATION INDUCTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 77954978083     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq070     Document Type: Article

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