How should the efficacy of prenatal care be tested in twin gestations?

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-93

  Keith, Louis ^a   Papiernik, Emile ^b   Oleszczuk, Jaroslaw J ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c Prentice Women's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF HELP; TWIN PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN ANEMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR; TWINS;

EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 0031943687     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199803000-00014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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