title: Management of quintuplet pregnancy by selective embryocide.
abstract: Selective embryocide was performed as a two-stage procedure in a patient with a quintuplet pregnancy in the first trimester. No complications occurred, and the patient was delivered of healthy twins at term. This procedure may be offered to selected patients with pregnancies with greater than five embryos.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Farquharson
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Wittmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hansmann
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Yuen
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Baldwin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lindahl
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000328:Adult; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010062:Ovulation Induction; D011247:Pregnancy; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D011811:Quintuplets; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014427:Twins; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride