Twin-reversed arterial perfusion (TRAP) sequence: Case reports and review of literature

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-191

  Hanafy, Ash ^a   Peterson, C Matthew ^a,b  

^a ALICE SPRINGS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; ILIAC ARTERY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

EID: 0030917410     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1997.tb02251.x     Document Type: Article

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