Assisted reproductive technology and risk of congenital malformations: a meta-analysis based on cohort studies

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 292, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 777-798

  Qin, Jiabi ^a,b   Sheng, Xiaoqi ^a   Wang, Hua ^a   Liang, Desheng ^b   Tan, Hongzhuan ^b   Xia, Jiahui ^b  

^a Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hunan Province   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Birth defect; Congenital malformation; in vitro fertilization; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS RISK; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TWINS;

ADULT; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TWINS;

EID: 84941188670     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-015-3707-0     Document Type: Review

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