Elevated maternal glucose concentrations and placental infection in twin pregnancies

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 241-245

  Luke, Barbara ^a   Brown, Morton B ^b   Misiunas, Ruta B ^b   Mauldin, Jill G ^b   Newman, Roger B ^b   Nugent, Clark ^b   Gonzalez Quintero, Victor H ^b   Witter, Frank R ^b   Hankins, Gary D V ^b   D'Alton, Mary ^b   Macones, George A ^b   Grainger, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Placental diseases; Pregnancy complications; Twins

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROSIS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 20944443084     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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