Perinatal and early childhood outcomes of twins versus triplets

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-88

  Luke, Barbara ^a   Brown, Morton B ^b   Hediger, Mary L ^c   Misiunas, Ruta B ^b   Anderson, Elaine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; OBESITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETINOPATHY; TWINS;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRIPLETS; TWINS;

EID: 33644902619     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706776403064     Document Type: Article

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