title: The impact of vanishing fetuses on the outcome of ICSI pregnancies.
abstract: Vanishing fetal twins occurred in 9% (264 out of 2,829) intracytoplasmic sperm injection pregnancies and are associated with a lower fetal loss rate in the first trimester. The live birth rate was higher in pregnancies associated with vanishing fetuses.
authors.affiliation: The Egyptian IVF-ET Center, Cairo, Egypt. ragaa.mansour@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ragaa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mansour
authors.forename: Gamal
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Serour
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aboulghar
authors.forename: Omnia
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kamal
authors.forename: Hesham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Al-Inany
mesh_terms: D037881:Aborted Fetus / Q000502:physiology; D000328:Adult; D020964:Embryo Loss / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000453:epidemiology; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple / Q000502:physiology; D011379:Prognosis; D020554:Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014427:Twins