Mode of delivery for vertex-nonvertex twin gestations

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-14

  Usta, I M ^a   Rechdan, J B ^a   Khalil, A M ^a   Nassar, A H ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Mode of delivery; Outcome; Presentation; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN DEATH; NURSERY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SEIZURE; TWIN PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 11144261511     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2004.09.013     Document Type: Article

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