Perinatal outcomes in children born after fresh or frozen embryo transfer: a Catalan cohort study based on 14,262 newborns

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 940-947

  Vidal, Mar ^a   Vellvé, Kilian ^a   González Comadran, Mireia ^a,b   Robles, Ana ^a,b   Prat, Maria ^a,b   Torné, Mar ^c   Carreras, Ramón ^a   Checa, Miguel A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction technology; egg donation program; perinatal outcomes; vitrification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FREEZE THAWING; FRESH EMBRYO TRANSFER; FROZEN EMBRYO TRANSFER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OOCYTE DONATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRIFICATION;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INFERTILITY; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 85014875421     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.01.021     Document Type: Article

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