Does long in vitro culture promote large for gestational age babies?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 828-834

  Makinen S ^a   Soderstrom Anttila V ^a   Vainio, J ^b   Suikkari, A M ^a   Tuuri, T ^a  

^a Vaestoliitto   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

birthweight; embryo culture; IVF; perinatal outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLASTOCYST; BODY MASS; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARITY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

EID: 84874293774     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des410     Document Type: Article

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