The natural course of monochorionic and dichorionic twin pregnancies: A historical cohort

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 450-455

  Hack, Karien E A ^a   Derks, Jan B ^a   De Visser, Veerle L ^a   Elias, Sjoerd G ^b   Visser, Gerard H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33745748316     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706777591281     Document Type: Article

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