Long-term complications of assisted reproductive technologies

Human Fertility

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 77-87

  Metwally, Mostafa ^a   Ledger, William L ^b  

^a NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL PLACENTATION; ARTICLE; ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY; BREAST CANCER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC DISORDER; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO MATURATION; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; OVARY CANCER; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TWIN PREGNANCY; VITRIFICATION;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 79958031801     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647273.2011.580550     Document Type: Article

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