Perinatal outcomes of spontaneous twins compared with twins conceived through intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 132-138

  Saygan Karamürsel, Burcu ^a,b   Tekşam, Özlem ^a   Aksu, Tank ^a   Yurdakök, Murat ^a   Önderoǧlu, Lütfü ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Division of Neonatology ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Congenital anomalies; ICSI; Perinatal morbidity; Perinatal mortality; Perinatal outcome; Twinning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TWINS;

EID: 33644829989     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2006.024     Document Type: Article

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