Multiple deliveries: The reduced impact of in vitro fertilisation in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 158-164

  Umstad, Mark P ^a   Hale, Lyndon ^b   Wang, Yueping A ^c   Sullivan, Elizabeth A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

In vitro fertilisation (IVF); multiple delivery; single embryo transfer; twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH RATE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; UNITED STATES; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876293480     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12048     Document Type: Article

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