The cumulative probability of liveborn multiples after in vitro fertilization: A cohort study of more than 10,000 women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 393-399

  Malizia, Beth A ^a,b,d   Dodge, Laura E ^b   Penzias, Alan S ^b,c   Hacker, Michele R ^b,c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON IVF   (United States)

^d Alabama Fertility Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

cumulative; In vitro fertilization; multiple live birth; multiple gestation pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; MASSACHUSETTS; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873281087     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.10.018     Document Type: Article

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