Reduction of the number of fetuses for women with a multiple pregnancy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Dodd, Jodie M ^a   Dowswell, Therese ^b   Crowther, Caroline A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACCURACY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN DEATH; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; TRANSABDOMINAL SURGERY; TRANSCERVICAL SURGERY; TRANSVAGINAL SURGERY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE;

EID: 84964696211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003932.pub3     Document Type: Review

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