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Volume 347:1451-1452 October 31, 2002 Number 18
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Low and Very Low Birth Weight after Use of Assisted Reproductive Technology

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by Schieve, L. A.
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To the Editor: Schieve et al. (March 7 issue)1 suggest that the observed increase in the risk of low birth weight among singleton infants conceived with assisted reproductive technology is more likely to be due to the treatment than to an underlying condition in infertile women. They report that a subgroup analysis of couples with male-factor infertility supports this contention. However, the use of this group to represent women who are free of infertility-related conditions may be inaccurate, since this diagnosis does not exclude the presence of other causal factors. Indeed, according to 1999 data from the Society for Assisted . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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