Obstetric and perinatal outcomes in singleton pregnancies resulting from the transfer of frozen thawed versus fresh embryos generated through in vitro fertilization treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Maheshwari, Abha ^a   Pandey, Shilpi ^b   Shetty, Ashalatha ^b   Hamilton, Mark ^b   Bhattacharya, Siladitya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

frozen replacement cycles; ICSI; IVF; obstetric outcomes; perinatal outcomes

Indexed keywords

ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CESAREAN SECTION; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EMBASE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 84864419086     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.05.019     Document Type: Article

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