Risk of preterm delivery and growth restriction in twins discordant for structural anomalies

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70.e1-70.e5

  Harper, Lorie M ^a   Odibo, Anthony O ^a   Roehl, Kimberly A ^a   Longman, Ryan E ^a   MacOnes, George A ^a   Cahill, Alison G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anomalies; intrauterine growth restriction; multiple gestation; preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANENCEPHALUS; ANOPHTHALMIA; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BONE DEFECT; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; EXENCEPHALY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; GASTROSCHISIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART TUMOR; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KIDNEY AGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICYSTIC DYSPLASTIC KIDNEY; OMPHALOCELE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT LIMBED DWARFISM; SPINA BIFIDA; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21; TWIN DISCORDANCE; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

EID: 84455191834     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.07.025     Document Type: Article

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