Long-term neurodevelopmental outcome of triplets

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 76-82

  Škrablin, Snježana ^a   Kuvačić, Ivan ^a   Šimunić, Velimir ^a   Bošnjak Nadj, Katarina ^b   Kalafatić, Držislav ^a   Banović, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b Hospital for Children's Developmental Rehabilitation Goljak   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Cerebral palsy; Neurodevelopmental disabilities; Triplets

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN PERIOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 34247336510     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2006.06.019     Document Type: Article

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