Crown-rump length discordance and adverse perinatal outcome 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 621-626

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

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

Author keywords

adverse perinatal outcome; CRL discordance; twin pregnancies

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWIN PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PREMATURITY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL WEIGHT; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, TWIN; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84879126675     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.12430     Document Type: Article

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