Prevention of prematurity in 842 consecutive twin pregancies;Prevention de la prematurite au cours du suivi de 842 grossesses gemellaires consecutives

Journal de Gynecologie Obstetrique et Biologie de la Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 319-328

  Pons, J C ^a,b   Suares, F ^a   Duyme, M ^c   Pourade, A ^a   Vial, M ^a   Papiernik, E ^b   Frydman, R ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^b Institut Cochin   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Perinatal mortality; Prematurity; Prevention; Twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TWINS; BED REST; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; NURSE MIDWIFE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

BED REST; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NURSE MIDWIVES; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032037795     PISSN: 03682315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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