Ultrasound in Twin Pregnancies

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 643-656

  Morin, Lucie ^a   Lim, Kenneth ^b   Bly, Stephen ^b   Butt, Kimberly ^b   Cargill, Yvonne M ^b   Davies, Gregory ^b   Denis, Nanette ^b   Gagnon, Robert ^b   Hietala Coyle, Marja Anne ^b   Ouellet, Annie ^b   Salem, Shia ^b   Senikas, Vyta ^b   Barrett, Jon ^b   Douglas Wilson, R ^b   Audibert, François ^b   Brock, Jo Ann ^b   Carroll, June ^b   Cartier, Lola ^b   Gagnon, Alain ^b   Johnson, Jo Ann ^b   Langlois, Sylvie ^b   Murphy Kaulbeck, Lynn ^b   Okun, Nanette ^b   Pastuck, Melanie ^c   Hudon, Lynda ^b   Basso, Melanie ^b   Bos, Hayley ^b   Crane, Joan M ^b   Delisle, Marie France ^b   Menticoglou, Savas ^b   Mundle, William ^b   Pressey, Tracy ^b   Pylypjuk, Christy ^b   Roggensack, Anne ^b   Sanderson, Frank ^b   more..

^a NONE   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Antenatal; Cervix; Prematurity; Twins; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; AMNION FLUID; AMNIONICITY; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CHORIONICITY; CLEFT FACE; COLOR DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; CONJOINED TWINS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOWN SYNDROME; ENDOVAGINAL ULTRASOUND; FETUS DEATH; FETUS GROWTH; GASTROINTESTINAL MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MASS SCREENING; MONOAMNIONICITY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN REVERSED ARTERIAL PERFUSION SYNDROME; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; UMBILICAL ARTERY DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; CANADA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; TWINS;

CANADA; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TWIN; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84866514979     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)34916-7     Document Type: Article

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