Perinatal outcome and peripartum complications in preterm singleton and twins deliveries: A comparative study

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-61

  Mizrahi, Miri ^a   Furman, Boris ^a   Shoham Vardi, Ilana ^a   Vardi, Hillel ^a   Maymon, Eli ^a   Mazor, Moshe ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Perinatal outcome; Prematurity; Preterm delivery; Singleton; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FETUS; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TWINS;

EID: 0032822761     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(99)00075-5     Document Type: Article

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