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Assisted Reproduction
ICSI pregnancies have increased risk of prematurity and low birth weight
October 6th, 2005
A study in Flanders, Belgium, found that ICSI pregnancies carry a higher risk for prematurity and low birth weight compared with a matched group of natural conception pregnancies. "A retrospective cohort study was conducted with an intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) group and a naturally conceived comparison group. A total of 1655 singleton and 1102 twin ICSI births were studied with regard to perinatal outcome," researchers in Belgium report. "Control subjects (naturally conceived pregnancies) were selected from a regional registry and were matched for maternal age, parity, place of delivery, year of birth and fetal sex," wrote W. Ombelet and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-10-06)
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