Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 5 , Pages 1579-1585, November 2009

The sex ratio of singleton offspring in assisted-conception pregnancies

  • Barbara Luke, Sc.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology and Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Barbara Luke, Sc.D., M.P.H., Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology and Department of Epidemiology, B227 West Fee Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 (FAX: 517-353-1663).
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  • Morton B. Brown, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • David A. Grainger, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Medicine, University of Kansas, Wichita, Kansas
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  • Valerie L. Baker, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California
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  • Elizabeth Ginsburg, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Judy E. Stern, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
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  • Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Writing Group

Received 21 July 2008; received in revised form 20 August 2008; accepted 20 August 2008. published online 24 October 2008.

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 B.L. has nothing to disclose. M.B.B. has nothing to disclose. D.A.G. has nothing to disclose. V.L.B. has nothing to disclose. E.G. has nothing to disclose. J.E.S. has nothing to disclose.

 This study was supported by the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology. V.L.B. received research support from Institut Biochimique SA (IBSA).

 Presented at the 63rd annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, which was held in Washington, D.C., on October 13–17, 2007.

PII: S0015-0282(08)03726-6

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.107

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 5 , Pages 1579-1585, November 2009