Multifetal pregnancy reductions of triplets to twins: Comparison with nonreduced triplets and twins

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1268-1271

  Yaron, Yuval ^a   Bryant Greenwood, Peter K ^a   Dave, Neha ^a   Moldenhauer, Julie S ^a   Kramer, Ralph L ^a   Johnson, Mark P ^a   Evans, Mark I ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Multifetal pregnancy reduction; Pregnancy outcome; Triplets; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ABORTION; TWINS;

EID: 0032997257     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70627-7     Document Type: Article

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