Prospective risk of intrauterine death of monochorionic-diamniotic twins

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 134-139

  Simões, Teresinha ^a   Amaral, Njila ^a   Lerman, Rita ^a   Ribeiro, Filipa ^a   Dias, Elsa ^a   Blickstein, Isaac ^b,c  

^a Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine Maternity Dr Alfredo da Costa ^*  (Portugal)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antenatal assessment; Intrauterine death; Monochorionic twins; Twin twin transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATION PERIOD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STILLBIRTH; TWIN PREGNANCY; CHORION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWINS;

ADULT; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CHORION; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646678392     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.01.099     Document Type: Article

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