Triplets: Outcomes of expectant management versus multifetal reduction for 127 pregnancies

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 454-459

  Leondires, Mark P ^b   Ernst, Shirley D ^a   Miller, Bradley T ^c   Scott Jr , Richard T ^a  

^a SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Multifetal pregnancy reduction; Perinatal mortality; Spontaneous abortion; Triplets

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033841087     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2000.105546     Document Type: Article

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