Growth discordance and the effect of a male twin on birth weight of its female co-twin: A population-based study

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 510-513

  Blumrosen, Efrat ^a,b   Goldman, Ran D ^c,d   Blickstein, Isaac ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Discordance; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GENDER; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWIN ZYGOSITY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 12244260772     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2002.079     Document Type: Article

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