Successful intrauterine treatment with alcohol ablation in a case of acardiac twin pregnancy

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 352-355

  Gul, Ahmet ^a,b   Cebeci, Altan ^a   Yildirim, Gokhan ^a   Aslan, Halil ^a   Ceylan, Yavuz ^a  

^a Istanbul Bakirkoy Women and Children Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACARDIAC TWINNING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS HEART; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; RARE DISEASE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 18444363646     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211261     Document Type: Article

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