Perinatal outcome of spontaneously conceived triplet pregnancies in relation to chorionicity

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1463-1471

  Adegbite, Adedayo L ^a   Ward, Stuart B ^a   Bajoria, Rekha ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chorionicity; Discordant birth weight; Spontaneously conceived; Triplet pregnancy; Twin twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORION; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIPLETS;

EID: 25844449173     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.02.098     Document Type: Article

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