Adverse obstetric outcome for the vanishing twin syndrome

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 256-260

  Almog, Benny ^a   Levin, Ishai ^a   Wagman, Israel ^a   Kapustiansky, Rita ^a   Lessing, Joseph B ^a   Amit, Ami ^a   Azem, Foad ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adverse obstetric outcomes; Spontaneous reduction of twin; Twin pregnancies; Vanishing twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTOR; TWIN PREGNANCY; VANISHING TWIN SYNDROME;

EID: 77649228792     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.11.015     Document Type: Article

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