Vanishing twins: A predictor of small-for-gestational age in IVF singletons

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2707-2714

  Pinborg, Anja ^a   Lidegaard, Øjvind ^a   La Cour Freiesleben, Nina ^a   Andersen, Anders Nyboe ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Intrauterine growth restriction; IVF; Perinatal outcome; Small for gestational age; Vanishing twin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PARITY; PREDICTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SURVIVOR; TWINS;

EID: 34548742837     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem225     Document Type: Article

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