Long term costs and effects of reducing the number of twin pregnancies in IVF by single embryo transfer: The TwinSing study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  van Heesch, Mirjam M J ^a   Bonsel, Gouke J ^b,c   Dumoulin, John C M ^d   Evers, Johannes L H ^d   van der Hoeven, Mark A H B M ^a   Severens, Johan L ^e,f   Dykgraaf, Ramon H M ^b   van der Veen, Fulco ^g   Tonch, Nino ^g   Nelen, Willianne L D M ^h   van Zonneveld, Piet ⁱ   van Goudoever, Johannes B ^j,k,l   Tamminga, Pieter ^j   Steiner, Katerina ^h   Koopman Esseboom, Corine ^m   van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E M ⁿ   Boomsma, Dorret I ⁿ   Snellen, Diana ^o   Dirksen, Carmen D ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Midwifery Academy Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^j EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^k VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^l SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^m UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

ⁿ VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^o Freya   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIETY; TWIN PREGNANCY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME; TWINS;

CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; TIME FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 77957999304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-75     Document Type: Article

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