Neonatal outcome of second twins depending on presentation and mode of delivery

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 521-527

  Bjelic Radisic, Vesna ^a   Pristauz, Gunda ^a   Haas, Josef ^a   Giuliani, Albrecht ^a   Tamussino, Karl ^a   Bader, Arnim ^a   Lang, Uwe ^a   Schlembach, Dietmar ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PH; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWINS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR PRESENTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS;

EID: 34250890219     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.3.521     Document Type: Article

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