Antenatal diagnosis of twin-reversed arterial perfusion sequence (acardiac amorphous) in a triplet pregnancy: Case report

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 269, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-148

  Dahiya, Pushpa ^a   Agarwal, Umber ^a   Sangwan, Krishna ^a   Sen, Jyotsna ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acardiac twins; Monsters; Triplets; Twin reversed arterial perfusion

Indexed keywords

ACARDIUS; CASE REPORT; CHORION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PLACENTA; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MONSTERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; TRIPLETS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0742323669     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-002-0421-5     Document Type: Review

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