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In this issue of the Journal, Templeton and Morris describe the use of a large data base to define clinical factors that are predictive of pregnancy and of multiple gestation after in vitro fertilization.¹ They conclude that when more than two embryos are available, the transfer of three embryos rather than two does not increase the pregnancy rate but increases the risk of multiple gestation by a factor of at least 1.1 if three or four eggs are fertilized in vitro and at least 1.5 if more than four eggs are fertilized in vitro.

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