Andrea Weghofer, Katharina Klein, Maria Stammler-Safar, Christof Worda, David H Barad, Peter Husslein, Norbert Gleicher
BACKGROUND: Assisted reproduction (ART) contributes to world-wide increases of twin pregnancies, in turn raising prematurity risks. Whether characteristics of ART cycles, resulting in twin gestations, can predict prematurity risks was the subject of this study. METHODS: One-hundred-and-six women, ages 20 to 39 years, with consecutive dichorionic-diamniotic (DC/DA) twin gestations were retrospectively investigated. All pregnancies investigated followed fresh ART cycles, with use of autologous gamets, and were delivered at a university-based high-risk, maternal-fetal medicine unit...
2009: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology: RB&E