To decrease the risk of multiple pregnancies following in vitro fertilization: From elective transfer of two embryos to that of one blastocyst ?;Diminuer le risque de grossesse multiple en fecondation in vitro: Du transfert selectif de 2 embryons a cului d'un seul blastocyste ?

Revue Medicale de Bruxelles

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Devreker, F ^a,b   Emiliani, S ^b   Revelard, Ph ^b   Govaerts, I ^b   Vannin, A S ^b   Englert, Y ^b  

^a Recherche Scientifique ^*  (France)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; IVF; Multiple pregnancy; Number of transferred embryos

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; POLICY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BELGIUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE;

EID: 8844225754     PISSN: 00353639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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