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Safety Issues in Assisted Reproductive Technology: Aetiology of Health Problems in Singleton ART Babies


  Author: Raymond D. Lambert
Publisher: European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
Publication: Human Reproduction Vol. 18, No. 10
Document Date:                  October 2003
Category: Research And Assisted Human Reproduction > Assisted Human Reproductive Technologies
Related Categories:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Fertility/Infertility
Research And Assisted Human Reproduction > Donor-Conceived Children/Adults
 

This study investigates why babies born using artificial reproductive technologies seem to suffer more frequent health problems than those conceived naturally.  The study explored three possible causal factors: the in-vitro procedure, fertility drugs and infertility itself, but concludes that more investigation was needed.

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