Myocardial hypertrophy of the recipient twins in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome and cerebral palsy

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-34

  Hyodo, H M ^a,b   Unno, N ^b   Masuda, H ^c   Watanabe, T ^c   Kozuma, S ^a   Taketani, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGANO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN BOKUTOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetofetal transfusion; Multiple pregnancy; Periventricular leukomalacia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

EID: 12244252792     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(02)00252-7     Document Type: Article

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