Delayed interval delivery in multiple pregnancies. Is optimism justified?

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 710-715

  Van Doorn, Helena C ^a   Van Wezel Meijler, Gerda ^a   Van Geijn, Herman P ^a,b   Dekker, Gustaaf A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delayed delivery; Multiple pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0032809922     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.1999.780809.x     Document Type: Article

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