Differences in outcome between twins and singletons born very preterm: Result s from a population-based European cohort

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1035-1043

  Papiernik, Emile ^a   Zeitlin, Jennifer ^b,c   Delmas, Dominique ^b,c   Blondel, Béatrice ^b,c   Künzel, Wolfgang ^d   Cuttini, Marina ^e   Weber, Tom ^f   Petrou, Stavros ^g   Gortner, Ludwig ^h   Kollée, Louis ⁱ   Draper, Elizabeth S ^j  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia; Intraventricular haemorrhaging; Mortality; Twins; Very preterm infants

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LABOR ONSET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; TWINS;

EID: 77949966106     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep430     Document Type: Article

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