Congenital malformations in infants conceived following assisted reproductive technology in comparison with spontaneously conceived infants

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1171-1179

  Farhi, A ^a   Reichman, B ^a,b   Boyko, V ^a   Mashiach, S ^b,c   Hourvitz, A ^b,d   Margalioth, E J ^e   Levran, D ^b,f   Calderon, I ^g   Orvieto, R ^h   Ellenbogen, A ⁱ   Meyerovitch, J ^b,j   Ron El, R ^b,k   Lerner Geva, L ^a,b  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ASSUTA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^h BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

ⁱ HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^j SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^k ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

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Author keywords

Assisted Reproductive Techniques; Congenital abnormalities; Fertilization in vitro; Intracytoplasmic sperm injections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CONCEPTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MALFORMATION; EAR MALFORMATION; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NECK MALFORMATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT MALFORMATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880321213     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2013.776535     Document Type: Article

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