Is the fertility treatment itself a risk factor for early pregnancy loss?

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 192-199

  Brandes, M ^a   Verzijden, J C M ^b   Hamilton, C J C M ^a   De Weys, N P C ^a   De Bruin, J P ^a   Bots, R S G M ^c   Nelen, W L D M ^b   Kremer, J A M ^b  

^a JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CPRLab   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

early pregnancy loss; frozen embryo transfer; infertility; IVF; miscarriage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79551571077     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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