Risk factors for preeclampsia in twin pregnancies: A population-based matched case-control study

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 379-382

  Lučovnik, Miha ^a   Tul, Nataša ^a   Verdenik, Ivan ^a   Novak, Živa ^a   Blickstein, Isaac ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Gestational diabetes; Obesity; Preeclampsia; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; OBESITY; PARITY; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SLOVENIA; SMOKING; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARITY; PLACENTA DISEASES; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TWIN; RISK FACTORS; SLOVENIA;

EID: 84867541547     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2011-0252     Document Type: Article

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