The sex ratio of pregnancies complicated by hospitalisation for hyperemesis gravidarum

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-30

  Schiff, Melissa A ^a,b,d   Reed, Susan D ^a,b,c   Daling, Janet R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SEX RATIO; WASHINGTON;

EID: 1242351804     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.00005.x     Document Type: Article

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