The likelihood of live birth and multiple birth after single versus double embryo transfer at the cleavage stage: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 936-945

  Gelbaya, Tarek A ^a   Tsoumpou, Ioanna ^b   Nardo, Luciano G ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Double embryo replacement; double embryo transfer; IVF; live birth; multiple birth; single embryo replacement; single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOUBLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ELECTIVE SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBASE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCISEARCH; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN PREGNANCY;

CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955562428     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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