Outcomes of monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies: A comparison of assisted and spontaneous conceptions

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 437-442

  Ghalili, Ava ^a   McLennan, Andrew ^b   Pedersen, Lars ^a   Kesby, Greg ^a,c   Hyett, Jon ^a,d  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Sydney Ultrasound for Women   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

assisted conception; monochorionic twins; multiple pregnancy; prenatal diagnosis; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONCEPTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS WASTAGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOCHORIONIC DIAMNIOTIC TWIN PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SURVIVAL RATE; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

ASSISTED CONCEPTION; MONOCHORIONIC TWINS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TWIN; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84885175363     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12105     Document Type: Article

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