Perinatal outcomes of twin pregnancies discordant for major fetal anomalies

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 244-248

  Gul, Ahmet ^a,b   Cebeci, Altan ^a   Aslan, Halil ^a   Polat, Ibrahim ^a   Sozen, Ilker ^a   Ceylan, Yavuz ^a  

^a Bakirkoy Maternity and Children's Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fetal anomaly; Perinatal outcome; Twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DELIVERY; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TWIN PREGNANCY; URINARY TRACT;

ABNORMALITIES; BIRTH WEIGHT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TWINS;

EID: 20944432057     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085078     Document Type: Article

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