The risk of cerebral palsy in survivors of multiple pregnancies with cofetal loss or death

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41.e1-41.e6

  Taylor, Catherine L ^a   de Groot, Jan ^b   Blair, Eve M ^b   Stanley, Fiona J ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

case control studies; cerebral palsy; epidemiology; pregnancy; risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS MORTALITY; FETUS WASTAGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVOR; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 67649378845     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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