Risk of late-preterm stillbirth and neonatal morbidity for monochorionic and dichorionic twins

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 210, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 578.e1-578.e9

  Burgess, Jennifer L ^a   Unal, Elizabeth R ^b   Nietert, Paul J ^a   Newman, Roger B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

delivery timing; dichorionic twins; monochorionic twins; stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DICHORIONIC TWIN; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS RISK; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MONOCHORIONIC TWIN; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; STILLBIRTH; TWINS; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

DELIVERY TIMING; DICHORIONIC TWINS; MONOCHORIONIC TWINS; STILLBIRTH;

ADULT; CHORION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TWIN; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84901639593     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.03.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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