Intertwin disparity in fetal size in monochorionic and dichorionic pregnancies

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 82-85

  Sebire, Neil J ^a   D'Ercole, Claude ^a   Soares, Wesley ^a   Nayar, Roshini ^a   Nicolaides, Kypros H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031962041     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00552-8     Document Type: Article

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