Perinatal outcome of twin pregnancies in women of advanced age

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2145-2150

  Delbaere, Ilse ^a   Verstraelen, Hans ^a   Goetgeluk, Sylvie ^b   Martens, Guy ^c   Derom, Catherine ^d   De Bacquer, Dirk ^b   De Backer, Guy ^b   Temmerman, Marleen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Study Centre for Perinatal Epidemiology   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Advanced maternal age; ART; Multiple pregnancy; Pregnancy outcome; Zygosity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CONCEPTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DELIVERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INTUBATION; LABOR INDUCTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PERINATAL DEATH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRIMIPARA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TWIN PREGNANCY; ZYGOSITY;

EID: 54149117508     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den134     Document Type: Article

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