Twin-twin transfusion syndrome

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 419-424

  Brackley, K J ^a   Kilby, M D ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN ANEMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0033146011     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.1999.60.6.1134     Document Type: Article

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