Effects of placental chorionicity on outcome in twin pregnancies: A cohort study

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 595-600

  Minakami, Hisanori ^a   Honma, Yoko ^a   Matsubara, Shigeki ^a   Uchida, Akira ^a   Shiraishi, Hirohiko ^a   Sato, Ikuo ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chorion; Placenta; Twin transfusion syndrome; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PLACENTA DISORDER; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORION; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORDS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032771290     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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