Twin birth weight standards

Neonatology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 164-173

  Gielen, Marij ^a,g   Lindsey, Patrick J ^a   Derom, Catherine ^c   Loos, Ruth J F ^c,e   Derom, Robert ^d   Nijhuis, Jan G ^b   Vlietinck, Robert ^a,c,f  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d Association for Scientific Research in Multiple Births   (Belgium)

^e MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^f FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Birth weight standard; Gestational age; Growth curves; Intrauterine growth; Twin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWINS; UMBILICAL CORD;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 34548815905     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000102055     Document Type: Article

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