Are twins growth restricted?

Pediatric Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-122

  Muhlhausler, Beverly S ^a   Hancock, Serina N ^b   Bloomfield, Frank H ^b   Harding, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DELIVERY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LONG TERM CARE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TERM BIRTH; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWINS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GROWTH; HUMANS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TWINS;

EID: 79960270521     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e31821f6cfd     Document Type: Review

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