Impact of multiple births on late and moderate prematurity

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 143-145

  Refuerzo, Jerrie S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Late preterm birth; Moderately preterm birth; Multiple gestations; Triplets; Twins

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STILLBIRTH; TWINS;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREMATURE BIRTH; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84858749298     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: 18780946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2012.01.012     Document Type: Review

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