Long-term neurodevelopmental outcome of monochorionic and matched dichorionic twins

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Hack, Karlen E A ^a   Koopman Esseboom, Corine ^a   Derks, Jan B ^a   Elias, Sjoerd G ^b   de Kleine, Martin J K ^c   Baerts, Wim ^d   Go, Attie T J I ^e   Schaap, Arty H P ^f   van der Hoeven, Mark A H B M ^g   Eggink, Alex J ^h   Sollie, Krystyna M ⁱ   Weisglas Kuperus, Nynke ^j   Visser, Gerard H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^j ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DICHORIONIC TWINS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCHORIONIC TWINS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOTHER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPE; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; TWINS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEWBORN;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 69949093638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006815     Document Type: Article

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