Risk factors for adverse outcomes in spontaneous versus assisted conception twin pregnancies

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 315-319

  Luke, Barbara ^a   Brown, Morton B ^b   Nugent, Clark ^c   Gonzalez Quintero, Victor Hugo ^a   Witter, Frank R ^d   Newman, Roger B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted conception; Perinatal outcomes; Risk factors; Twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 1242351588     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.07.012     Document Type: Article

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