Embryo transfer practices and multiple births resulting from assisted reproductive technology: An opportunity for prevention

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 954-961

  Kissin, Dmitry M ^a   Kulkarni, Aniket D ^a   Mneimneh, Allison ^a   Warner, Lee ^a   Boulet, Sheree L ^a   Crawford, Sara ^a   Jamieson, Denise J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology (ART); Embryo transfer guidelines; In vitro fertilization (IVF); Multiple birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BLASTOCYST; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS WEIGHT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OOCYTE DONATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWINS; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER;

EID: 84930800517     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.12.127     Document Type: Article

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