Embryo reduction versus expectant management in triplet pregnancies

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 219-222

  Antsaklis, A ^a   Souka, A P ^a,b   Daskalakis, G ^a   Papantoniou, N ^a   Koutra, P ^a   Kavalakis, Y ^a   Mesogitis, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b First Department of Obstetrics   (Greece)

Author keywords

Multifetal pregnancy reduction; Perinatal mortality; Prematurity; Triplets

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EMBRYO REDUCTION; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRIPLETS; TWINS;

EID: 10644227777     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050400013826     Document Type: Article

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