Effects of embryo reduction from trichorionic triplets to twins

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1201-1203

  Sebire, N J ^a   D'Ercole C ^a   Sepulveda, W ^a   Hughes, K ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN DEATH; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURVIVAL;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONDON; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; RISK FACTORS; TRIPLETS; TWINS;

EID: 0030884934     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb10947.x     Document Type: Article

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