Vitrified-warmed single-embryo transfers may be associated with increased maternal complications compared with fresh single-embryo transfers

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 94-102

  Shavit, Tal ^a,b   Oron, Galia ^a,b   Weon Young, Son ^a   Holzer, Hananel ^a   Tulandi, Togas ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; IVF outcome; Perinatal outcome; Single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEWBORN DISEASE; OOCYTE DONATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE LABOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER;

EID: 85017447251     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2017.03.016     Document Type: Article

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