Comparative development of surviving co-twins of vanishing twin conceptions, twins and singletons

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 210-215

  Anand, Dhullipala ^a   Platt, Mary Jane ^a   Pharoah, Peter O D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHORION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FETAL RESORPTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS;

EID: 33947216459     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.1.210     Document Type: Article

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