Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome: A model for the fetal origins of adult health

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 32-36

  Chescheir, Nancy C ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY; FETUS; FETUS CELL; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HORMONES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIUM; PREGNANCY;

EID: 13844305800     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2005.00612.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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