Monozygotic twinning, cerebral palsy and congenital anomalies

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 639-648

  Pharoah, P O D ^a   Dundar, Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MERSEY CARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Congenital anomalies; Monochorionicity; Monozygosity

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHORION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TERATOGENESIS; ZYGOTE;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 70349978974     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmp019     Document Type: Review

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