Vanishing twin syndrome: Is it associated with adverse perinatal outcome?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1209-1214

  Evron, Evyatar ^a   Sheiner, Eyal ^a   Friger, Michael ^b   Sergienko, Ruslan ^b   Harlev, Avi ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

congenital malformations; perinatal mortality; risk factors; Vanishing twin syndrome; VTS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; HYPERTENSION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPRESENTATION; MATERNAL AGE; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE; VANISHING TWIN SYNDROME; VASA PREVIA; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLICATION; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS DEATH; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TWINS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; APGAR SCORE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, TWIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84929504095     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.02.009     Document Type: Article

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