Perinatal outcome, placental pathology, and severity of discordance in monochorionic and dichorionic twins

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 310-315

  Victoria, Alejandro ^a,b,c   Mora, Gerardo ^a,b,c   Arias, Fernando ^a,b,c  

^a FUNDACIÓN VALLE DEL LILI   (Colombia)

^b Hospital de San Luis Potosi   (Mexico)

^c TOLEDO HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MISSOURI; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0035147215     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(00)01111-X     Document Type: Article

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