Pregnancy-related mortality among women with multifetal pregnancies

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 563-568

  MacKay, Andrea P ^a   Berg, Cynthia J ^b   King, Jeffrey C ^b   Duran, Catherine ^b   Chang, Jeani ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646768630     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000200045.91015.c6     Document Type: Article

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