Twin pregnancies: Where should we manage them? Where should they deliver?;Grossesses gémellaires: Où les suivre? Où les faire accoucher?

Journal de Gynecologie Obstetrique et Biologie de la Reproduction

Volumn 38, Issue 8 SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Deruelle, P ^a,b   Coulon, C ^a,b   Vaast, P ^a   Houfflin Debarge, V ^a,b  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Management; Place of birth; Place of care; Twin pregnancies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURE LABOR; TWIN PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 74249111319     PISSN: 03682315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0368-2315(09)73561-6     Document Type: Article

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