Curves of placental weights of live-born twins

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 664-672

  Gielen, Marij ^a,f   Lindsey, Patrick J ^a   Derom, Catherine ^b   Loos, Ruth J F ^b,c   Derom, Robert ^d   Nijhuis, Jan G ^e   Vlietinck, Robert ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Association for Scientific Research in Multiple Births   (Belgium)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN; PARITY; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ALLOCATION; TWINS; ZYGOSITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TWINS;

EID: 33750342741     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706778553471     Document Type: Article

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