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Chapter 11 - Embryo Culture and IVF Offspring Outcome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2021

By
John Dumoulin  and
Aafke van Montfoort
Edited by
Kersti Lundin  and
Aisling Ahlström
Kersti Lundin
Affiliation:
Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg
Aisling Ahlström
Affiliation:
Livio Fertility Center, Gothenburg
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Summary

Since the birth of Louise Brown, the first ‘test tube baby’, in 1978, assisted reproductive technology (ART) has become one of the standard treatments for couples with subfertility problems. Today, it is estimated that 8 million children have been born via ART worldwide and up to 6% of newborns in Europe are conceived via this technique (Adamson et al., 2019). Surprisingly, relatively little is known about the short- and especially long-term effects of ART manipulations on the health risks for the children.

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Manual of Embryo Culture in Human Assisted Reproduction , pp. 92 - 100
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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