Number of embryos to transfer: Better safe than sorry?

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9815, 2012, Pages 497-498

  Romundstad, Liv Bente ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BELGIUM; BIRTH RATE; ELECTIVE SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL CARE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857050457     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61478-5     Document Type: Note

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