Multifetal pregnancy reduction

Ultrasound Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 232-238

  Daskalakis, George J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Multifetal pregnancy reduction; Multiple gestation; Pregnancy outcome; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

AMNIOCENTESIS; ASPIRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; TWINS;

EID: 17144420159     PISSN: 14722240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14722240500054002     Document Type: Review

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