Changes in survival of twins delivered after twin-twin transfusion syndrome versus preterm singletons over the calendar years 1970-1994

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 334-338

  Skupski, Daniel W ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnioreduction; Neonatal care survival; Stuck twin syndrome; Twin twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TWINS;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDLINE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032432539     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020864     Document Type: Article

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