Prospective risk of stillbirth: Monochorionic diamniotic twins vs. dichorionic twins

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 245-249

  Morikawa, Mamoru ^a   Yamada, Takashi ^a   Yamada, Takahiro ^a   Sato, Shoji ^b   Cho, Kazutoshi ^a   Minakami, Hisanori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OITA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intrauterine fetal death; monochorionic twins; prospective risk; stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STILLBIRTH; TWINS;

AMNION; CHORION; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TWIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84861484957     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2011-0205     Document Type: Article

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