Effect of spontaneous pregnancy reduction on obstetric outcome

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 603-606

  Steinkampf, Michael P ^a,b   Whitten, Scott J ^a   Hammond, Karen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Alabama Fertility Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

Multifetal pregnancy reduction; Pregnancy outcome; Vanishing fetus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TWIN PREGNANCY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TRIPLETS; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 23944442267     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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