First-Trimester Findings Associated with Twin Reversed Arterial Perfusion Sequence

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-190

  Kamitomo, Masato ^a   Kouno, Satoshi ^a   Ibuka, Kyoko ^a   Oku, Shouzou ^a   Sueyoshi, Kazunobu ^a   Maeda, Takatsugu ^a   Hatae, Masayuki ^a  

^a Kagoshima City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acardia anceps; Hemicardia; Monochorionic twin; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACARDIUS; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EDEMA; TRAP SEQUENCE;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TWINS;

EID: 1142298440     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075148     Document Type: Article

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