Growth aberration in multiple pregnancy

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-54

  Blickstein, Isaac ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLISM; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; COUNSELING; DIET; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TRIPLETS; TWINS; UTERUS;

EID: 11844269991     PISSN: 08898545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogc.2004.10.006     Document Type: Review

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