Twin versus singleton pregnancies complicated by preterm premature rupture of membranes

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 658-661

  Ehsanipoor, Robert M ^a   Arora, Neelu ^a   Lagrew, David C ^b   Wing, Deborah A ^a   Chung, Judith H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Memorial Care   (United States)

^c MILLER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Multiple gestation; PPROM; Prematurity; Preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLETON PREGNANCY; SURVIVAL RATE; TOCOLYSIS; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY, TWIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861021919     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.584924     Document Type: Article

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