Perinatal death in twins

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7593, 2007, Pages 545-546

  Steer, Philip ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL DISORDER; EDITORIAL; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PERINATAL DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINAL DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NOTE; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS; TWINS;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TWINS;

EID: 33947531144     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39146.541100.80     Document Type: Editorial

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