Twin-twin transfusion syndrome treated with serial amniocenteses

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 326-329

  Johnsen, Synnøve Lian ^a   Albrechtsen, Susanne ^a   Pirhonen, Jouko ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amniocenteses; Monochorionic diamniotic twins; Polyhydramnios; Twin twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; FETUS DEATH; FETUS MORTALITY; HUMAN; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 1642423584     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2004.00096.x     Document Type: Review

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