Perinatal outcomes of children born after frozen-thawed embryo transfer: A Nordic cohort study from the CoNARTaS group

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2545-2553

  Wennerholm, Ulla Britt ^a   Henningsen, Anna Karina Aaris ^b   Romundstad, Liv Bente ^c,d   Bergh, Christina ^a   Pinborg, Anja ^b   Skjaerven, Rolv ^e,f   Forman, Julie ^g   Gissler, Mika ^h,i   Nygren, Karl Gösta ^j   Tiitinen, Aila ^k  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^h NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

ⁱ NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^j KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^k HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

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Author keywords

assisted reproduction technology; cryopreservation; IVF; perinatal outcome; singletons

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FREEZE THAWING; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NORWAY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PROGENY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

ASSISTED REPRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY; CRYOPRESERVATION; IVF; PERINATAL OUTCOME; SINGLETONS;

ADULT; BLASTOCYST; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, POSTMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SCANDINAVIA; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC;

EID: 84883167333     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det272     Document Type: Article

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