Monochorionic monoamniotic twins: Neonatal outcome

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 170-175

  Cordero, Leandro ^a   Franco, A ^b   Joy, S D ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Monoamniotic; Monochorionic; Neonatal; Outcome; Perinatal; Twins

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROSTACYCLIN; STEROID; SURFACTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCHORIONIC MONOAMNIOTIC TWINS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNDROME VATER; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; UMBILICAL CORD COMPLICATION; UMBILICAL MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNION; APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWINS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33646259243     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211457     Document Type: Article

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