The Hispanic paradox in twin pregnancies

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 532-537

  Luke, Barbara ^a   Brown, Morton B ^b   Misiunas, Ruta B ^b   Gonzalez Quintero, Victor H ^a   Nugent, Clark ^b   Van De Ven, Cosmas ^b   Witter, Frank R ^c   Newman, Roger B ^d   D'Alton, Mary ^e   Hankins, Gary D V ^f   Grainger, David A ^g   Macones, George A ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e Medical University of South Carolina ^*  (United States)

^f University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TIME FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 27144442382     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242705774310088     Document Type: Article

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