What are the rates and mechanisms of first and second trimester pregnancy loss in twins

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-45

  Grobman, William A ^a,b   Placeman, Alan M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WASTAGE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SURVIVAL RATE; TWIN PREGNANCY; FEMALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TWINS;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TWINS;

EID: 0031941009     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199803000-00009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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