Elective single-embryo transfer in women aged 40-44 years

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 331-335

  Niinimaki M ^a   Suikkari, A M ^b   Makinen S ^b   Soderstrom Anttila V ^b   Martikainen, H ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Vaestoliitto   (Finland)

Author keywords

cumulative pregnancy rate; in vitro fertilization; single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; DOUBLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; HUMAN TRIPLETS; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 84872567558     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des399     Document Type: Article

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