Interpregnancy Interval and Pregnancy Outcomes: Causal or Not?

Affiliations

¹ Dr. Klebanoff is from the Departments of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Epidemiology at The Ohio State University, and the Center for Perinatal Research at the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; email: mark.klebanoff@nationwidechildrens.org.

Editorial

Mark A Klebanoff. Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Mar.

. 2017 Mar;129(3):405-407.

doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001913.

¹ Dr. Klebanoff is from the Departments of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Epidemiology at The Ohio State University, and the Center for Perinatal Research at the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; email: mark.klebanoff@nationwidechildrens.org.

No abstract available

Comment in

Interpregnancy Interval and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: An Analysis of Successive Pregnancies and: Interpregnancy Interval and Pregnancy Outcomes: Causal or Not?
Mayo JA, Shachar BZ, Stevenson DK, Shaw GM. Mayo JA, et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Aug;130(2):463. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000002171. Obstet Gynecol. 2017. PMID: 28742651 No abstract available.
In Reply.
Klebanoff MA. Klebanoff MA. Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Aug;130(2):463-464. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000002172. Obstet Gynecol. 2017. PMID: 28742652 No abstract available.

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