Major congenital anomalies in children born after frozen embryo transfer: A cohort study 1995-2006

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1552-1557

  Pelkonen, S ^a   Hartikainen, A L ^a   Ritvanen, A ^b   Koivunen, R ^c   Martikainen, H ^a   Gissler, M ^b,d   Tiitinen, A ^e  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Vaestoliitto   (Finland)

^d NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

congenital anomalies; frozen embryo transfer (FET); ICSI; infertility; IVF

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWINS;

CULTURE MEDIUM;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA; DISEASES IN TWINS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902674912     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu088     Document Type: Article

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