Why do singletons conceived after assisted reproduction technology have adverse perinatal outcome? Systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Anja Pinborg,
UllaBritt Wennerholm,
Liv Bente Romundstad,
Anne Loft,
Kristiina Aittomäki,
Viveca SöderströmAnttila,
K. G. Nygren,
Johan Hazekamp,
Christina Bergh
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
human reproduction update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.977
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 1362-4946
pISSN - 1355-4786
DOI - 10.1093/humupd/dms044
Subject(s) - meta analysis , assisted reproductive technology , reproduction , obstetrics , medicine , gynecology , pregnancy , biology , infertility , genetics
Assisted reproduction technology (ART) is used worldwide, at increasing rates, and data show that some adverse outcomes occur more frequently than following spontaneous conception (SC). Possible explanatory factors for the well-known adverse perinatal outcome in ART singletons were evaluated.
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