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 IVF safest with one embryo |
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White Raven (grachesht) |
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| Публикувано | 01.07.05 00:54 |
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IVF safest with one embryo
25 June 2005
Michael Le Page
Magazine issue 2505
The case for implanting only a single embryo in IVF has grown stronger, as it removes the risks associated with "vanishing twins", two new studies suggest
THE case for transferring only a single embryo back to the mother in IVF has grown even stronger, because it removes the health risks associated with "vanishing twins".
Although transferring multiple embryos during fertility treatment is standard practice in most countries, some countries already restrict the number of embryos that can be transferred to two or one. This is because of the much greater risks to the health of the mother and children associated with multiple pregnancies, greater stress for parents, and lifelong effects on the health of the children as a result of their lower birthweight.
Now two studies suggest that single embryo transfer (SET) is inherently safer, even compared with singleton births following transfer of multiple embryos.
Diane De Neubourg's team at the Middelheim Hospital in Antwerp, Belgium, compared 251 babies born after SET with singletons born after natural conception. "We found very little difference between the SET ...
The complete article is 539 words long."
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