Intrauterine growth and cerebral palsy in twins: A European multicenter study

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 460-466

  Glinianaia, Svetlana V ^a   Jarvis, Stephen ^a   Topp, Monica ^b   Guillem, Pascale ^c   Platt, Mary J ^d   Pearce, Mark S ^a   Parker, Louise ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWINS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745759453     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706777591209     Document Type: Article

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