Do assisted conception twins have an increased risk for anencephaly? | Zendy

Ido BenAmi | Zendy; Yonatan Edel | Zendy; Oshri Barel | Zendy; Zvi Vaknin | Zendy; A. Herman | Zendy; R. Maymon | Zendy

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Do assisted conception twins have an increased risk for anencephaly?

Author(s) -

Ido BenAmi,

Yonatan Edel,

Oshri Barel,

Zvi Vaknin,

A. Herman,

R. Maymon

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

human reproduction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1460-2350

pISSN - 0268-1161

DOI - 10.1093/humrep/der326

Subject(s) - anencephaly , encephalocele , etiology , assisted reproductive technology , medicine , neural tube defect , obstetrics , incidence (geometry) , neural tube , gynecology , pregnancy , biology , surgery , infertility , fetus , genetics , physics , optics , embryo

The incidence rates of anterior neural tube defects, anencephaly and encephalocele appear increased among twins compared with singletons. The current study aimed to evaluate whether the etiology of this phenomenon is related to twinning, assisted reproductive technology (ART), or both.

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