Labor and membrane rupture in twin gestation: Can they affect the ability to estimate fetal weight?

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 462-466

  Roberts, William E ^a   Gnam III, Edward C ^a   Magann, Everett F ^a   Martin Jr , James N ^a   Morrison, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal membranes; Fetal weight; Labor; Twins

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0035012943     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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