Is there an increased rate of anencephaly in twins?

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1007-1010

  Ben Ami, Ido ^a,b   Vaknin, Zvika ^a,b   Reish, Orit ^a,b   Sherman, Dan ^a,b   Herman, Arie ^a,b   Maymon, Ron ^a,b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anencephaly; in vitro fertilization; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Malformation; Twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DISEASE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KARYOTYPE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ANENCEPHALY; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 28544435495     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1233     Document Type: Article

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