Stillbirth and neonatal mortality in monochorionic and dichorionic twins: A population-based study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2549-2557

  Glinianaia, Svetlana V ^a   Obeysekera, Madhumi A ^b   Sturgiss, Stephen ^c   Bell, Ruth ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDWAY MARITIME HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chorionicity; neonatal mortality; prospective risk of antepartum stillbirth; stillbirth; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; DICHORIONIC TWIN; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFECTION; MONOCHORIONIC TWIN; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL DEATH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STILLBIRTH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80051935669     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der213     Document Type: Article

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