Progestogens to prevent preterm birth in twin pregnancies: An individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized trials

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Schuit, Ewoud ^a   Stock, Sarah ^b   Groenwold, Rolf H H ^a   Maurel, Kimberly ^c   Combs, C Andrew ^d   Garite, Thomas ^e   Spong, Cathy Y ^f   Thom, Elizabeth A ^g   Rouse, Dwight J ^h,v   Caritis, Steve N ⁱ   Saade, George R ^j   Zachary, Julia M ^g   Norman, Jane E ^l   Rode, Line ^k   Klein, Katharina ^l   Tabor, Ann ^k   Çetingöz, Elçin ^m   Morrison, John C ⁿ   Magann, Everett F ^o   Briery, Christian M ^p   Serra, Vicente ^q   Perales, Alfredo ^r   Meseguer, Juan ^s   Nassar, Anwar H ^t   Lim, Arianne C ^u   Moons, Karel G M ^a   Kwee, Anneke ^a   Mol, Ben Willem J ^u   more..

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Obstetrix Medical Group   (United States)

^d Obstetrix Medical Group   (United States)

^e Obstetrix Medical Group   (United States)

^f EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^g GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^j University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^k Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^l MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^m Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Turkey)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^p Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^r HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^s HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^t AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^u ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^v Providence Plantations   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYPROGESTERONE CAPROATE; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE; GESTAGEN;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FETUS DEATH; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN PREGNANCY; ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, TWIN; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROGESTINS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84858138328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-13     Document Type: Article

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