Iatrogenic monoamniotic twin gestation with progressive twin-twin transfusion syndrome

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 98-101

  Suzuki, Shunji ^a   Ishikawa, Gen ^a   Sawa, Rintaro ^a   Yoneyama, Yoshio ^a   Otsubo, Yasuo ^a   Araki, Tsutomu ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Monoamniotic twins; Septostomy; Twin twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; NEWBORN ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; DISEASES IN TWINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032966794     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020897     Document Type: Article

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