Conservative management of twin pregnancies with one dead fetus: Is it safe?

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 128-130

  Zorlu, C Gürkan ^a,b   Yalçin, Hakan R ^a   Çaǧlar, Turhan ^a   Gökmen, Oya ^a  

^a ZEKAI TAHIR BURAK WOMEN S HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coagulopathy; Single fetal death; Twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031057063     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349709050067     Document Type: Article

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