American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 193, Issue 1 , Pages 135-140 , July 2005

The Maternal-Fetal Medicine Unit cesarean registry: Trial of labor with a twin gestation

  • Michael W. Varner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Michael W. Varner, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah School of Medicine, 30 North 1900 East, Room 308, Salt Lake City, UT 84132.
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  • Sharon Leindecker, MS

      Affiliations

    • The George Washington University Biostatistics Center, Washington, DC
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  • Catherine Y. Spong, MD

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD
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  • Atef H. Moawad, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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  • John C. Hauth, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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  • Mark B. Landon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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  • Kenneth J. Leveno, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas–Southwestern, Dallas, TX
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  • Steve N. Caritis, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Margaret Harper, MD

      Affiliations

    • Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
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  • Ronald J. Wapner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Yoram Sorokin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
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  • Menachem Miodovnik, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
    • Columbia University, New York, NY
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  • Marshall Carpenter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Brown University, Providence, RI
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  • Alan Peaceman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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  • Mary J. O'Sullivan, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Miami, Miami, FL
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  • Baha M. Sibai, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN
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  • Oded Langer, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas–San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
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  • John M. Thorp, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Susan M. Ramin, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas–Houston, Houston, TX
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  • Brian M. Mercer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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  • Steven G. Gabbe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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  • for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network

Received 1 November 2004 ,Revised 2 March 2005 ,Accepted 7 March 2005.

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 Supported by grants from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: HD21410, HD 21414, HD27860, HD27861, HD, 27869, HD 27883, HD 27889, HD, 27905, HD, 27915, HD 27917, HD 34116, HD34122, HD34136, HD34208, HD34210, HD34136, HD40500, HD 40485, HD40544, HD40545, HD40560, HD40512, HD19897 and HD36801.Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Houston, Texas, March 24-27, 2004.

PII: S0002-9378(05)00413-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.03.023

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 193, Issue 1 , Pages 135-140 , July 2005

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