The outcome of multiple pregnancy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1996, Pages 110-117

  Doyle, Pat ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Multiple maternity; Multiple pregnancy; Trends

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL PALSY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TRIPLETS; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL SCREENING; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0242298960     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/11.suppl_4.110     Document Type: Article

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