Embryonic growth discordance and early fetal loss: The STORK multiple pregnancy cohort and systematic review

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2621-2627

  D'antonio, F ^a   Khalil, A ^a   Mantovani, E ^a   Thilaganathan, B ^a   Hamid, Rosol ^a   Gandhi, Hina ^a   Ellis, Cheryl ^a   Deans, Anne ^a   Peregrine, Liz ^a   Breeze, Andrew ^a   Hutt, Renata ^a   Bhide, Amar ^a   Papageorghiou, Aris T ^a   Matiluko, Adetunji ^a   Egbor, Michael ^a   Bahamie, Arash ^a   Pakarian, Faz ^a  

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

Author keywords

growth discordance; miscarriage; outcome; pregnancy loss; twin pregnancies

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WASTAGE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANT WOMAN; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TWIN PREGNANCY;

GROWTH DISCORDANCE; MISCARRIAGE; OUTCOME; PREGNANCY LOSS; TWIN PREGNANCIES;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, TWIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84885087446     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det277     Document Type: Review

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