Perinatal outcome of twin pregnancies after in vitro fertilization

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1079-1084

  Manoura, Antonia ^a   Korakaki, Eftyhia ^a   Hatzidaki, Eleftheria ^a   Bikouvarakis, Stylianos ^a   Papageorgiou, Maria ^a   Giannakopoulou, Christine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

In vitro fertilization; Neonatal outcome; Twin pregnancies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NULLIPARA; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 7644228221     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2004.00623.x     Document Type: Article

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