The management of acardiac twins: A conservative approach

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1310-1313

  Sullivan, Amy E ^a   Varner, Michael W ^a   Ball, Robert H ^a   Jackson, Marc ^a   Silver, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acardiac twins; TRAP sequence

Indexed keywords

ACARDIUS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0346751048     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0002-9378(03)00597-0     Document Type: Article

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