How and why are triplets disadvantaged compared to twins?

Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology - Tập 18 Số 4 - Trang 631-644 - 2004
Isaac Blickstein1
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaplan Medical Center, 76100 Rehovot, Israel. [email protected]

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