Effect of advanced maternal age on early mortality among quadruplets and quintuplets

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 383-388

  Salihu, Hamisu M ^a   Aliyu, Muktar H ^a   Kirby, Russell S ^a   Alexander, Greg R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced maternal age; Early mortality; Quadruplets; Quintuplets

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1342345341     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2003.08.026     Document Type: Article

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