Pregnancy outcome after multifetal pregnancy reduction

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-31

  Antsaklis, A ^a   Souka, A P ^a,b   Daskalakis, G ^a   Papantoniou, N ^a   Koutra, P ^a   Kavalakis, Y ^a   Mesogitis, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b First Department of Obstetrics   (Greece)

Author keywords

Multifetal pregnancy reduction; Selective termination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WASTAGE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4644227210     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050410001728962     Document Type: Article

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