Twin versus singleton pregnancy and preterm prelabour rupture of the membranes

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 99-102

  Jacquemyn, Y ^a   Noelmans, L ^a   Mahieu, L ^a   Buytaert, Ph ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Preterm prelabour rupture of the membranes; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHORION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LATENT PERIOD; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; TOCOLYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

APGAR SCORE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 0038461972     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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