Congenital anomalies in multiple births after early loss of a conceptus

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 726-731

  Pharoah, P O D ^a   Glinianaia, S V ^b   Rankin, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital anomalies; Early fetal loss; Multiple pregnancies; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TWINS;

EID: 61449251661     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den436     Document Type: Article

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