Factors associated with monozygosity in assisted reproductive technology pregnancies and the risk of recurrence using linked cycles

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 683-689

  Luke, Barbara ^a   Brown, Morton B ^b   Wantman, Ethan ^c   Stern, Judy E ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Redshift Technologies   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted hatching; blastocyst transfer; GnRH a suppression; monozygosity

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED HATCHING; BLASTOCYST TRANSFER; GNRH-A SUPPRESSION; MONOZYGOSITY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84894481512     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.11.034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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