Does neonatal and infant neurodevelopmental morbidity of multiples and singletons differ?

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 362-366

  Ingram Cooke, Richard William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Mortality; Outcomes; Twins; Zygosity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PROGNOSIS; SINGLETON PREGNANCY; SUICIDE; TWINS; ZYGOSITY;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE;

EID: 77957758467     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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