What are the fetal growth patterns of singletons, twins, and triplets in the United States?

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-125

  Alexander, Greg R ^a   Kogan, Michael ^b   Martin, Joyce ^b   Papiernik, Emile ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; BIRTH WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TWINS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TRIPLETS; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032011447     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199803000-00017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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