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The Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians Guideline for the diagnostic assessment and management of multiple-gestation pregnancy complicated by fetal growth restriction

Katarzyna Kosinska-Kaczynska1, Andrzej Torbé2, Sebastian Kwiatkowski2, Dariusz Borowski34, Grzegorz Breborowicz5, Krzysztof Czajkowski6, Bartosz Czuba7, Hubert Huras8, Katarzyna Janiak9, Anna Kajdy10, Jaroslaw Kalinka11, Przemyslaw Kosinski4, Bozena Leszczynska-Gorzelak12, Radzislaw Mierzynski12, Mariola Ropacka-Lesiak5, Piotr Sieroszewski11, Malgorzata Swiatkowska-Freund13, Miroslaw Wielgos4, Mariusz Zimmer14
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Ginekol Pol 2022;93(3):256-263.
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  1. II Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
  2. Chair of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Neonatology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Poland
  3. Chair of Obstetrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland
  4. I Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
  5. Chair of Perinatology and Gynaecology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
  6. I Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
  7. Chair of Woman’s Health, Faculty of Health Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
  8. Chair of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Medical College, Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland
  9. Department of Gynaecology, Procreation and Therapy of Fetus Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital Research Institute, Lodz, Poland
  10. Department of Reproductive Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
  11. I Chair of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
  12. Chair and Department of Obstetrics and Perinatology, Medical University of Lublin, Poland
  13. The Academy of Applied Medical and Social Sciences Elblag, Poland
  14. I Chair and Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland

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The aim of the Guideline is to unify the diagnostic-therapeutic management of multiple-gestation pregnancies complicated by fetal growth restriction in at least one fetus.

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The aim of the Guideline is to unify the diagnostic-therapeutic management of multiple-gestation pregnancies complicated by fetal growth restriction in at least one fetus.

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The Polish Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians Guideline for the diagnostic assessment and management of multiple-gestation pregnancy complicated by fetal growth restriction

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Ginekologia Polska

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Vol 93, No 3 (2022)

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Guidelines / Expert consensus

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256-263

Published online

2022-02-28

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DOI

10.5603/GP.a2021.0244

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35315031

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Ginekol Pol 2022;93(3):256-263.

Authors

Katarzyna Kosinska-Kaczynska
Andrzej Torbé
Sebastian Kwiatkowski
Dariusz Borowski
Grzegorz Breborowicz
Krzysztof Czajkowski
Bartosz Czuba
Hubert Huras
Katarzyna Janiak
Anna Kajdy
Jaroslaw Kalinka
Przemyslaw Kosinski
Bozena Leszczynska-Gorzelak
Radzislaw Mierzynski
Mariola Ropacka-Lesiak
Piotr Sieroszewski
Malgorzata Swiatkowska-Freund
Miroslaw Wielgos
Mariusz Zimmer

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