Fetal reduction

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 321-329

  Evans, Mark I ^a,b   Britt, David W ^a  

^a Fetal Medicine Foundation of America   (United States)

^b Comprehensive Genetics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWINS;

EID: 29044434515     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2005.10.004     Document Type: Review

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