A case-control study of vanishing twin as a risk factor for cerebral palsy

Twin Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 83-84

  Newton, Robert ^a   Casabonne, Delphine ^a   Johnson, Ann ^b   Pharoah, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWINS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FETAL RESORPTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0037390061     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905203321536191     Document Type: Article

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