Subfertility factors rather than assisted conception factors affect cognitive and behavioural development of 4-year-old singletons

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 752-762

  Schendelaar, Pamela ^a   La Bastide Van Gemert, Sacha ^a   Heineman, Maas Jan ^b   Middelburg, Karin J ^c   Seggers, Jorien ^a   Van den Heuvel, Edwin R ^c   Hadders Algra, Mijna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction techniques; causal inference search algorithm; cognitive and behavioural outcome; ovarian stimulation; subfertility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBFERTILITY; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ALGORITHM; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994517933     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2016.08.021     Document Type: Article

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