Natural history of 11 cases of twin-twin transfusion syndrome without intervention

Twin Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 263-266

  Gul, Ahmet ^a   Aslan, Halil ^a   Polat, Ibrahim ^a   Cebeci, Altan ^a   Bulut, Hasan ^a   Sahin, Ozturk ^a   Ceylan, Yavuz ^a  

^a Istanbul SSK Bakirkoy Matern/C H ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0041878329     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905203322296584     Document Type: Article

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