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eSET tied to dramatic drop in Swedish multiple birth rate.(NEWS)(elective single-embryo transfer )(Report)(Brief article)
SAN FRANCISCO -- The introduction of elective single-embryo transfer for patients undergoing in vitro fertilization in Sweden in recent years has resulted in a substantial reduction in the multiple birth rate without adversely affecting the birth rate per transfer, observational study results show.
Annual reports from all in vitro fertilization clinics in Sweden as submitted to the National Board of Health and Welfare from 1991 to 2005 indicate that, during that period, the mean number of fresh embryos transferred decreased from 2.7 to 1.3, and the multiple birth rate dropped from 35% to 5%, Dr. Per-Olof Y.Karlstrom reported at the annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
The birth rate remained steady at about 50% during that time period, said Dr. Karlstrom of the Institution of Women's and ...
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- Teen birth rate in New Mexico among nation's highest.
- Newspaper article from: The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) January 21, 1999 700+ words
...ASSOCIATED PRESS New Mexico's teen birth rate was substantially higher than the national...late or not at all. The state's teen birth rate ranks New Mexico toward the bottom of...are available, New Mexico had a teen birth rate of 71 per 1,000 females ages 15 to...
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...Apt To Seek Care New Mexico's teen birth rate was substantially higher than the national...late or not at all. The state's teen birth rate ranks New Mexico toward the bottom of...are available, New Mexico had a teen birth rate of 71 per 1,000 females ages 15 to...
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Source: HighBeam Research, eSET tied to dramatic drop in Swedish multiple birth...