Perinatal outcome following amniotic septostomy in chronic TTTS is independent of placental angioarchitecture

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 498-503

  Adegbite, Adedayo L ^a   Ward, Stuart B ^a   Bajoria, Rekha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTOMY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA PERFUSION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; UMBILICAL ARTERY; WAVEFORM;

AMNION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PLACENTA; POLYHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PUNCTURES; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0141927970     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7210969     Document Type: Article

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