Neonatal outcomes among multiple births ≤ 32 weeks gestational age: Does mode of conception have an impact? A Cohort Study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Shah, Vibhuti ^a   AlWassia, Haydi ^a   Shah, Karan ^a   Yoon, Woojin ^b   Shah, Prakeshkumar ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MiCare Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technologyin vitro fertilization; Infant newborn; Morbidity; Mortality; Spontaneous conception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL HEALTH RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX ALLOCATION; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SPONTANEOUS CONCEPTION; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FERTILIZATION; INFANT MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; STATISTICS;

CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 79958286247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-11-54     Document Type: Article

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