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COPYRIGHT 2004 International Medical News Group
Physicians in the United States who perform in vitro fertilization are being urged for the first time to consider transferring a single embryo in patients with the most favorable prognosis.
The suggestion is part of revised embryo transfer guidelines issued by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and its affiliate, the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART).
Aimed at reducing the number of multiple births resulting from in vitro fertilization (IVF), the revised guidelines are "much stricter and much starker" than the previous embryo transfer guidelines, which were issued in 1999, Owen Davis, M.D., president...
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