Near term twin pregnancy: Clinical relevance of weight discordance at birth

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-66

  Appleton, Cláudia ^a   Pinto, Luísa ^a   Centeno, Mónica ^a   Clode, Nuno ^a   Cardoso, Conceição ^a   Graça, Luís M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS;

EID: 33847195361     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2007.009     Document Type: Article

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