Validation of the Quintero staging system for twin-twin transfusion syndrome

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1257-1265

  Taylor, Myles J O ^a   Govender, L ^a   Jolly, M ^a   Wee, L ^a   Fisk, N M ^a  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DONOR; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROPS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0036897943     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(02)02392-X     Document Type: Article

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