Monoamniotic twin pregnancies: Antenatal management and perinatal results of 19 consecutive cases

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-26

  Demaria, Fabien ^a   Goffinet, François ^a   Kayem, Gilles ^a   Tsatsaris, Vassilis ^a   Hessabi, Madieh ^a   Cabrol, Dominique ^a  

^a University Paris V ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOAMNIOTIC TWIN PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TWIN PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; AMNION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARITY; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 1242284449     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.00009.x     Document Type: Review

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