Obstetric and perinatal outcomes in singleton pregnancies resulting from ivf/icsi: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 485-503

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

^a ABERDEEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ICSI; IVF; Obstetric outcomes; Perinatal outcomes; Spontaneous conception

Indexed keywords

ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LABOR INDUCTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLETON PREGNANCY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 84865080129     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dms018     Document Type: Review

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