Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes: Comparison Between Twin and Singleton Gestations

Journal of Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 159-163

  Myles, Thomas D ^a   Espinoza, Rosemary ^a   Meyer, William ^a   Bieniarz, Andre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

latency period; premature rupture of membranes; twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOCOLYSIS; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS;

EID: 0030995870     PISSN: 10570802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767059709161977     Document Type: Article

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