How do we decide how many embryos are safe for transfer?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1565-1566

  Paulson, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; HUMAN; NIDATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY;

EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE;

EID: 84921984385     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.10.030     Document Type: Editorial

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