Increased adverse pregnancy outcomes with unreliable last menstruation

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 867-873

  Nguyen, Tri Huu ^a   Larsen, Torben ^a   Engholm, Gerda ^b   Møller, Henrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MENSTRUATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENSTRUATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034203576     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(99)00639-0     Document Type: Article

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