Do assisted conception twins have an increased risk for anencephaly?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3466-3471

  Ben Ami, I ^a   Edel, Y ^a   Barel, O ^a   Vaknin, Z ^a   Herman, A ^a   Maymon, R ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

anencephaly; prenatal assisted conception; twin; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWINS;

EID: 81055143786     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der326     Document Type: Article

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