Birth weight of twins: 1. The fetal growth patterns of twins and singletons

Distributions of birth weights of twins and singletons born at three southeastern Brazilian hospitals were compared after adjustment for gestational age, its quadratic and cubic terms, sex, type of pregnancy, as well as their interactions. The pattern of twin fetal growth rate was retarded in compar...

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Main Authors: Bernardo Beiguelman, Gloria M.D.D. Colletto, Carla Franchi-Pinto, Henrique Krieger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 1998-03-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47571998000100025