Increased risk of preterm birth in singleton pregnancies after blastocyst versus Day 3 embryo transfer: Canadian ART Register (CARTR) analysis

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 924-928

  Dar, S ^a,b,c,d   Librach, C L ^a,b,c,d   Gunby, J ^e   Bissonnette, F ^f   Cowan, L ^g  

^a CReATe Fertility Center   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e Canadian ART Register (CARTR)   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^g Victoria Fertility Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

blastocyst versus cleavage stage transfer; preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLASTOCYST; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS OUTCOME; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN DEATH; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STILLBIRTH; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 84875579685     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des448     Document Type: Article

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