Maternal neonatal outcome in quadruplet and quintuplet versus triplet gestations

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-152

  Škrablin, Snježana ^a   Kuvačić, Ivan ^a   Pavičić, Dinka ^a   Kalafatić, Držislav ^a   Goluža, Trpimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Conservative management; Multifetal pregnancies; Perinatal outcome

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 17544397304     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(99)00153-0     Document Type: Article

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