Triplets and quadruplets in Switzerland: Comparison with singletons, and evolution over the last decade

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 242-250

  Arlettaz, Romaine ^a   Paraskevopoulos, Elena ^a   Bucher, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Gestational age; Incidence; Newborn; Quadruplets; Triplets

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWITZERLAND;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; QUADRUPLETS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SWITZERLAND; TRIPLETS;

EID: 0037731262     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2003.033     Document Type: Article

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