Combined effect of fetal sex and advanced maternal age on pregnancy outcomes

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 21, Issue , 2015, Pages 1124-1130

  Weissmann Brenner, Alina ^a   Simchen, Michal J ^a   Zilberberg, Eran ^a   Kalter, Anat ^a   Dulitzky, Mordechai ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Gender identity; Maternal age; Obstetrical; Pregnancy outcome; Vacuum extraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FALL RISK; FEMALE; FETAL SEX; FETUS; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN DISEASE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84928111048     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.89305     Document Type: Article

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