Term perinatal mortality and morbidity in monochorionic and dichorionic twin pregnancies: A retrospective study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 541-545

  Lopriore, Enrico ^a   Stroeken, Hiske ^a   Sueters, Marieke ^a   Meerman, Robert Jan ^a   Walther, Frans ^a   Vandenbussche, Frank ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dichorionic; Monochorionic; Perinatal outcome; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERE; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TWIN PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 43049131773     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340802050668     Document Type: Article

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