Factors associated with dizygotic twinning after IVF treatment with double embryo transfer

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2966-2970

  Groeneveld, E ^a   Lambers, M J ^a   Stakelbeek, M E F ^a   Mooij, T M ^b   Van Den Belt Dusebout, A W ^b   Heymans, M W ^a   Schats, R ^a   Hompes, P G A ^a   Hoek, A ^c   Burger, C W ^d   Van Leeuwen, F E ^b   Lambalk, C B ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

dizygotic twin pregnancy; double embryo transfer (DET); in vitro fertilization (IVF)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DOUBLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PARITY; SMOKING;

EID: 84866348575     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des258     Document Type: Article

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