Multiple pregnancy: Changing expectations for patients and patterns for physicians

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 898-899

  Coddington, Charles C ^a   Jensen, Jani R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NOTE; OOCYTE DONATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY RATE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL PRACTICE; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROCEDURES;

EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 84929941065     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.01.027     Document Type: Editorial

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