The relationship between birthweight discordance and perinatal mortality of one of the twins in a twin pair

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 292-297

  Kato, Noriko ^a   Matsuda, Tomohiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STILLBIRTH; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWINS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 33645744274     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706776382365     Document Type: Article

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