Birth Risks Of Assisted Fertilization Linked To Infertility Causes Rather Than Procedure

The adverse perinatal outcomes associated with assisted fertilization (AF) in comparison to infants conceived spontaneously could be associated with the causes of infertility rather than the procedure itself, according to an article released July 31, 2008 in The Lancet. Increasingly, women in developing countries are delaying childbirth until an age when fertilization is decreased.