Pregnancy outcome after multifetal pregnancy reduction to twins compared with spontaneously conceived twins

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1334-1336

  Groutz, A ^a   Yovel, I ^a   Amit, A ^a   Yaron, Y ^a   Azem, F ^a   Lessing, J B ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Serlin Maternity Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

Multifetal pregnancy reduction; Pregnancy outcomes; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030036216     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019382     Document Type: Article

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