Diamnionic monochorionic twin gestations: An overview

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 89-96

  Gaziano, Emanuel P ^a,b   De Lia, Julian E ^c   Kuhlmann, Randall S ^d  

^a ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diamnionic, monochorionic twins; Doppler ultrasound; Fetoscopic laser; Intrauterine growth restriction; Twin gestation; Twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT MORTALITY; INTRAUTERINE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWIN PREGNANCY;

AMNION; CHORION; DISEASES IN TWINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 0034114909     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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