Does fetal sex influence the risk of preterm delivery in dichorionic twin pregnancies after spontaneous conception?

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 495-500

  Klein, Katharina ^a   Worda, Christof ^a   Stammler Safar, Maria ^a   Husslein, Peter ^a   Gleicher, Norbert ^b,c   Weghofer, Andrea ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Foundation for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorionicity; Fetal sex; Preterm birth; Spontaneous conception; Twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY MASS; CHORION; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PARITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX; SMOKING; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; AUSTRIA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958093585     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.13.5.495     Document Type: Article

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