Inter-twin membrane folding in monochorionic pregnancies

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 324-327

  Sebire, N J ^a   D'Ercole, C ^a   Carvelho, M ^a   Sepulveda, W ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Membrane folding; Monochorionic twins; Twin to twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031870007     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1998.11050324.x     Document Type: Article

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