What makes them split? Identifying risk factors that lead to monozygotic twins after in vitro fertilization

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 82-89

  Knopman, Jaime M ^a   Krey, Lewis C ^b   Oh, Cheongeun ^b   Lee, Jennifer ^b   McCaffrey, Caroline ^b   Noyes, Nicole ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

assisted hatching; blastocyst culture; chorionicity; high risk pregnancy; Monozygotic pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CETRORELIX; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TWIN ZYGOSITY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ASSISTED HATCHING; BLASTOCYST CULTURE; CHORIONICITY; HIGH-RISK PREGNANCY; MONOZYGOTIC PREGNANCY;

ADULT; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, TWIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWINNING, MONOZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84903398413     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.03.039     Document Type: Article

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