Elective single embryo transfer in women less than age 38 years reduces multiple birth rates, but not live birth rates, in United States fertility clinics

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1107-1114

  Mancuso, Abigail C ^a   Boulet, Sheree L ^b   Duran, Eyup ^a   Munch, Erika ^a   Kissin, Dmitry M ^b   Van Voorhis, Bradley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Elective single embryo transfer; IVF; live birth rate; multiple birth rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVERAGE; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; FERTILITY; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INFERTILITY; MATERNAL AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LINEAR MODELS; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84978829310     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.06.017     Document Type: Article

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