Managing twins discordant for fetal anomaly

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 766-771

  Rustico, M A ^a   Baietti, M G ^a   Coviello, D ^a   Orlandi, E ^a   Nicolini, U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b V BUZZI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fetal malformations; Fetocide; Twins

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CHORION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS DEATH; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TRISOMY 18; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHORION; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 26044438729     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1260     Document Type: Review

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