Maternal characteristics and twin gestation outcomes over 10 years: Impact of conception methods

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-101.e1

  Bamberg, Christian ^a   Fotopoulou, Christina ^a   Neissner, Philipp ^a   Slowinski, Torsten ^a   Dudenhausen, Joachim W ^a   Proquitte, Hans ^a   Bührer, Christoph ^a   Henrich, Wolfgang ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conception mode; fertility treatment; morbidity; perinatal outcome; twins' gestation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONCEPTION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 84863008817     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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