Reduction of twin pregnancy to singleton: Does it improve pregnancy outcome?

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1362-1366

  Hasson, Joseph ^a,b   Shapira, Amir ^a,b   Many, Ariel ^a,b   Jaffa, Ariel ^a,b   Har Toov, Joseph ^a,b  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

fetal reduction; neonatal outcome; obstetrical outcome; Twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; PREGNANCY, TWIN; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS;

EID: 80053994535     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.547964     Document Type: Article

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