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Birth Defects
Birth defects, which occur in nearly one in 20 pregnancies, range in severity from minor anatomic abnormalities to extensive genetic disorders or mental retardation. Some couples have a greater than average risk of having a child with a birth defect.
Latest News and Research
Patient Resources
- Complicaciones de la gestacion multiple (Complications of multiple pregnancy)
- Hipotiroidismo y embarazo que debo saber (Hypothyroidism and pregnancy: what do I need to know?)
- Los farmacos para la fertilidad y el risego de partos multiples (Fertility medications and the risk of multiple birth)
- Abnormalities of the Female Reproductive Tract (Müllerian Defects)
- IVF: What are the risks? 体外受精:风险有哪些?
- ¿Qué debo saber sobre el virus Zika y tratar de tener un bebé? (What do I need to know about Zika virus and having a baby?)
- Assisted hatching 辅助孵化
- Smoking and infertility 吸烟和不孕不育
- Anormalidades del tracto reproductivo femenino (defectos müllerianos)
- Eclosión asistida (Assisted hatching)
- Pubertad normal y anormal en mujeres (Normal and abnormal puberty in girls
- Fertility Drugs And The Risk of Multiple Births
- Genetic Screening for Birth Defects
- Multiple pregnancy and birth: twins, triplets, and high-order multiples 多胎妊娠与分娩：双胞胎，三胞胎和高序多胎
- Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) 胚胎植入前遗传学测试
- ¿De qué debo preocuparme en un embarazo múltiple? (What do I need to worry about with multiple pregnancy?)
- Fertilacion in vitro FIV cuales son los riesgos (IVF: what are the risks?)
- What Causes Infertility?
- Assisted reproductive technology 辅助生殖技术辅助生殖技术
- What Do I Need to Know About Zika Virus and Trying to Have a Baby?
Publications
- Smoking and infertility: a committee opinion (2018)
- Role of assisted hatching in in vitro fertilization: a guideline (2022)
- Subclinical hypothyroidism in the infertile female population: a guideline (2015)
- Transferring embryos with genetic anomalies detected in preimplantation testing: an Ethics Committee Opinion (2017)
- ASRM müllerian anomalies classification 2021 (2021)
- The use of preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A): a committee opinion (2018)
- Uterine septum: a guideline (2016)
- Increased maternal cardiovascular mortality associated with pregnancy in women with Turner syndrome (2012)
- ASRM müllerian anomalies classification 2021 - printable (2021)
