Relationship of Mode of Conception and Sex Concordance With Mortality/Morbidity in Preterm Twins

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 985-993

  Mirea, Lucia ^a,b   Yang, Junmin ^a   Paterson, Andrew D ^b,c   Shah, Vibhuti ^a,d   Bassil, Kate L ^a,b   Lee, Shoo K ^a,d   Shah, Prakesh S ^a,b,d  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

assisted reproductive technologies; chorionicity; infant; premature birth; twin pairs; zygosity

Indexed keywords

CANADA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LUNG DYSPLASIA; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; TWINS;

BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; CANADA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; TWINS;

EID: 84988850645     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: 18392628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2013.61     Document Type: Article

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