The paradox of old maternal age in multiple pregnancies

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-80

  Oleszczuk, Jaroslaw J ^a,b   Keith, Louis G ^b,c,e   Oleszczuk, Agnieszka K ^d  

^a MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b Center for Study of Multiple Birth   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Warsaw Poland   (Poland)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OBSTETRICS; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TWINS; UNITED STATES; UTERUS; UTERUS FUNCTION;

ADULT; AGING; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TRIPLETS;

EID: 11844269990     PISSN: 08898545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogc.2004.10.010     Document Type: Review

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