The contribution of assisted conception, chorionicity and other risk factors to very low birthweight in a twin cohort

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 405-410

  Lynch, Anne ^a   McDuffie Jr , Robert ^b,f   Stephens, Janet ^c   Murphy, James ^d   Faber, Kenneth ^b   Orleans, Miriam ^e  

^a CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital   (United States)

^d NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHORION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NULLIPARA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0037386468     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.02342.x     Document Type: Article

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