Perinatal mortality among twins and singletons in a city in southeastern Brazil, 1984-1996

Analysis of 116,699 deliveries (1062 twin pairs and 115,637 singletons) which occurred from 1984 to 1996 at the largest obstetric center in Campinas, SP, Brazil, provided the following conclusions: 1) despite the low percentage of twin births (0.9%), 10.7% of all early neonatal deaths and 3.5% of al...

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Main Authors: Bernardo Beiguelman, Carla Franchi-Pinto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2000-03-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572000000100003