Assisted reproductive technology and the risk of pregnancy-related complications and adverse pregnancy outcomes in singleton pregnancies: A meta-analysis of cohort studies

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 73-85.e6

  Qin, Jiabi ^a,b   Liu, Xiaoying ^b   Sheng, Xiaoqi ^a   Wang, Hua ^a   Gao, Shiyou ^a  

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

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adverse pregnancy outcomes; assisted reproductive technology; meta analysis; pregnancy related complications; singleton pregnancies

Indexed keywords

ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; INFERTILITY THERAPY; META ANALYSIS; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LINEAR MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84949526657     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.09.007     Document Type: Article

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