The contribution of twins conceived by assisted reproduction technology to the very preterm birth rate: A population-based study

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 311-313

  Tul, Natasa ^a   Lucovnik, Miha ^a   Verdenik, Ivan ^a   Druskovic, Mirjam ^a   Novak, Ziva ^a   Blickstein, Isaac ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

ART; Preterm delivery; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; NEWBORN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVENIA; TWINS;

ART; PRETERM DELIVERY; TWINS;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLOVENIA; TWINS;

EID: 84890441793     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2013.09.040     Document Type: Article

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