Neuropathological and anatomopathological analyses of acardiac and "normal" siblings in an acardiac-twin pregnancy

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-109

  Kosno Kruszewska, Elzbieta ^a   Derȩgowski, Krzystof ^b   Schmidt Sidor, Bogna ^a   Wierzba Bobrowicz, Teresa ^a   Pawłowska, Barbara ^a   Lechowicz, Waldemar ^a   Szpak, Grazyna M ^a   Lewandowska, Eliza ^a   Bertrand, Ewa ^a   Bogusławska, Romana ^a   Tomankiewicz Zawadzka, Anna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^b Princess Anna Mazowiecka Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acardiac twins; Neuropathology; Twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC AMINE; SURFACTANT;

ACARDIUS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; SIBLING; SPINAL CORD; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0042871187     PISSN: 16414640     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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