Prospective risk of stillbirth in multiple-gestation pregnancies: A population-based analysis

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 638-641

  Sairam, Shanthi ^a   Costeloe, Kate ^b   Thilaganathan, Baskaran ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STILLBIRTH;

FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONDON; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036806112     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(02)02174-9     Document Type: Article

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