Weight discordance and perinatal mortality in twins: Analysis of the Southwest Thames Obstetric Research Collaborative (STORK) multiple pregnancy cohort

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 643-648

  D'Antonio, F ^a   Khalil, A ^a   Dias, T ^a   Thilaganathan, B ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

pregnancy outcome; twins; weight discordance

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STILLBIRTH; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWINS; ARTICLE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL WEIGHT; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TWIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; STILLBIRTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84879098475     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.12412     Document Type: Article

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