The donor-recipient (D-R) score: In vivo endoscopic evidence to support the hypothesis of a net transfer of blood from donor to recipient in twin- twin transfusion syndrome

Prenatal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 84-91

  Quintero, R A ^a,c   Quintero, L F ^a,b   Bornick, P W ^a   Pivatelli, A ^a   Allen, M H ^a   Johnson, P K ^a  

^a St Joseph's Women's Hospital   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal therapy; Fetoscopy; Twin twin transfusion syndrome; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; LASER SURGERY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034041678     PISSN: 13598635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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