Antepartum management of multifetal pregnancies

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 443-454

  Modena, Alisa B ^a   Berghella, Vincenzo ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS RISK; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 19744371272     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2005.02.003     Document Type: Review

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