Outcomes of multiplets

Neonatology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-14

  Shinwell, E S ^a,b   Haklai, T ^c   Eventov Friedman, S ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Multiple pregnancy; Neonatal outcome; Triplets; Twins

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; COGNITION; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROID THERAPY; TWIN PREGNANCY; ZYGOSITY;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52849122715     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000151750     Document Type: Review

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