Placental cord insertion and birthweight discordance in twin pregnancies: Results of the national prospective ESPRiT Study

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 376.e1-376.e7

  Kent, Etaoin M ^a,b   Breathnach, Fionnuala M ^a,b   Gillan, John E ^b   McAuliffe, Fionnuala M ^c,d   Geary, Michael P ^b   Daly, Sean ^e   Higgins, John R ^f   Dornan, James ^g   Morrison, John J ^h   Burke, Gerard ⁱ   Higgins, Shane ^j   Carroll, Stephen ^d   Dicker, Patrick ^a   Manning, Fiona ^a   Malone, Fergal D ^a,b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e Tallaght and Coombe Women's and Infant's University Hospital   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^g ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

ⁱ Regional Maternity Hospital   (Ireland)

^j OUR LADY OF LOURDES HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

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Author keywords

Birthweight discordance; Placental cord insertion; Twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONCENTRAL PLACENTAL CORD INSERTION; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UMBILICAL CORD;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 84855163189     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.06.077     Document Type: Article

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