Risk for surviving twin after fetal death of co-twin in twin-twin transfusion syndrome

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-219

  Van Heteren, Cathelijne F ^a   Nijhuis, Jan G ^a   Semmekrot, Ben A ^a   Mulders, Leon G M ^a   Van Den Berg, Paul P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSFUSION; TWIN PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0032145448     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00159-8     Document Type: Article

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