A comparative study of multifetal pregnancy reduction from triplets to twins in the first versus early second trimesters after detailed fetal screening

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-38

  Lipitz, S ^a   Shulman, A ^a   Achiron, R ^a   Zalel, Y ^a   Seidman, D S ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Multiple pregnancy; Selective reduction; Triplets Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; TRIPLETS; TWINS;

EID: 0034924343     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2001.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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