Clinical features and short-term outcomes of triplet pregnancies in Japan

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 86-90

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

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OITA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetal death; Perinatal mortality; Preterm birth; Triplet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT TERM SURVIVAL;

EID: 84875216835     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2012.10.022     Document Type: Article

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