Haemodynamic model of twin-twin transfusion syndrome in monochorionic twin pregnancies

Placenta

Volumn 19, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 195-208

  Van Gemert, M J C ^a,b,c   Sterenborg, H J C M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; BLOOD VOLUME; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS GROWTH; FLUID BALANCE; HEMODYNAMICS; MODEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0031891608     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4004(98)90009-1     Document Type: Article

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