Increased risk of large-for-gestational age birthweight in singleton siblings conceived with in vitro fertilization in frozen versus fresh cycles

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 191-200

  Luke, Barbara ^a   Brown, Morton B ^b   Wantman, Ethan ^c   Stern, Judy E ^d   Toner, James P ^e   Coddington, Charles C ^f  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Redshift Technologies Inc   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Atlanta Center for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; Birth outcomes; Fresh and thawed cycles; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLASTOCYST; BODY MASS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; FREEZE THAWING; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INFANT; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FREEZING; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PROCEDURES;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SIBLINGS;

EID: 85000963129     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-016-0850-x     Document Type: Article

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