About 2 percent of births in the United States involve infertility treatment of some kind, according to the paper.
Background: The largest study yetPrevious studies of stroke after infertility treatments have yielded mixed results.
What’s Next: A warning for womenIn an interview, Dr. Ananth outlined three possible explanations for a link between stroke and infertility treatment.
“We know that women who receive infertility treatment have certain vascular complications, typically an increased risk of pre-eclampsia and placental abruption,” he said.
Third, he added, “is that people who receive the treatment receive it for a reason.
Persons:
—, Cande, Ananth, Robert Wood, ”
Organizations:
JAMA, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Locations:
United States, New Jersey