The world of twins: An update

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages 59-62

  Corsello, Giovanni ^a   Piro, Ettore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

developmental delay; dizygotic; monozygotic; selective intrauterine growth restriction; twin twin transfusion syndrome; Twins

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS MORTALITY; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LASER COAGULATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PATHOGENESIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TWIN DISRUPTION SEQUENCE; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; CONGENITAL DISORDER; FEMALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TWINS;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TWINS;

EID: 77957964514     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.508218     Document Type: Review

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