Twins' temperament: Early prenatal sonographic assessment and postnatal correlation

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 337-342

  Degani, S ^a   Leibovitz, Z ^a   Shapiro, I ^a   Ohel, G ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERAMENT;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL MONITORING; FETAL MOVEMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERAMENT; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 67349226402     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2008.238     Document Type: Article

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