Normal and abnormal growth of multiples

Seminars in Neonatology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 177-185

  Blickstein, Isaac ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fetal growth; Multiple pregnancy; Triplets; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STANDARD; TWIN ZYGOSITY; UTERUS;

EID: 0036619420     PISSN: 10842756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/siny.2002.0105     Document Type: Article

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