Birth and perinatal outcomes and complications for babies conceived following ART

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 234-238

  Henningsen, Anna Karina Aaris ^a   Pinborg, Anja ^b  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive techniques; Cryopreservation; Culture media; Preterm birth; Trends

Indexed keywords

BIRTH; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; FREEZE THAWING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MATERNAL AGE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REVIEW; VITRIFICATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREMATURITY;

CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREMATURE BIRTH; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 84904805844     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: 18780946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2014.04.001     Document Type: Review

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