Incidence and zygosity of twin births following transfers using a single fresh or frozen embryo

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1438-1443

  Osianlis, T ^a,b   Rombauts, L ^a,b,c   Gabbe, M ^a   Motteram, C ^a   Vollenhoven, B ^a,b,c  

^a MONASH IVF   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

IVF; monozygotic; single embryo transfer; twin; zygosity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIRTH RATE; CONCEPTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN ZYGOSITY; CYTOLOGY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FERTILIZATION; INCIDENCE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, TWIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84902653070     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu064     Document Type: Article

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