Elective birth at 37 weeks' gestation for women with an uncomplicated twin pregnancy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Dodd, Jodie M ^a   Deussen, Andrea R ^a   Grivell, Rosalie M ^a   Crowther, Caroline A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LABOR ONSET; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TWIN PREGNANCY; FEMALE; LABOR INDUCTION; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TWINS;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TWINS;

EID: 84907655200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003582.pub2     Document Type: Review

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