The association between small-for-gestational age triplet Pregnancies and neonatal mortality: A novel approach to growth assessment in multiple gestations

Pediatric Research

Volumn 59, Issue 4 PART 1, 2006, Pages 565-569

  Blickstein, Isaac ^a,b   Salihu, Hamisu M ^c   Keith, Louis G ^d,e   Alexander, Greg R ^c  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Center for Study of Multiple Birth   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; MULTIPLES OF THE MEDIAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; TRIPLETS;

EID: 33646686593     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.pdr.0000202757.47761.76     Document Type: Article

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