Conjoined Twin in Triplet Pregnancy Occurring after ICSI, Cryopreservation, and Assisted Hatching

Journal of Mammalian Ova Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-44

  Sugawara, Nobuo ^a   Maeda, Mathiko ^a   Yanagida, Kaoru ^b   Sato, Akira ^b   Suzuki, Nobuaki ^c   Tokunaga, You ^d  

^a Iwaki Women's Clinic   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital   (Japan)

^d Iwakisaiseikai Found Gen Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assisted hatching; Conjoined twin; ICSI; Monozygotic twin

Indexed keywords

EID: 7944231650     PISSN: 13417738     EISSN: 13475878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1274/jmor.20.41     Document Type: Article

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