Prematurity and twinning

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2012, Pages 6-10

  Giuffrè, Mario ^a   Piro, Ettore ^a   Corsello, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discordance; Growth; Morbidity; Mortality; Outcome; Prematurity; Twinning

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMOTION; EPIGENETICS; EPILEPSY; EUROPE; FETUS LUNG MATURITY; GAMETE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERSISTENT PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; REVIEW; TRANSIENT TACHYPNEA OF THE NEWBORN; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREMATURE BIRTH; TWINS;

EID: 84867022464     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2012.712350     Document Type: Review

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