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Multiple gestation associated with infertility therapy: a committee opinion

Practice Committee of the Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Quality Assurance Committee of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology, and the Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Electronic address: asrm@asrm.org. Fertil Steril. 2022 Mar.
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Abstract

This Committee Opinion provides practitioners with suggestions to reduce the likelihood of iatrogenic multiple gestation resulting from infertility treatment. This document replaces the document of the same name previously published in 2012 (Fertil Steril 2012;97:825-34 by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine).

Keywords: Assisted reproductive technology; multiple pregnancy; ovulation induction; triplets; twins.

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