Haemoglobin differences at birth in monochorionic twins without chronic twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 844-850

  Lopriore, Enrico ^a   Sueters, Marieke ^a   Middeldorp, Johanna M ^a   Vandenbussche, Frank P ^a   Walther, Frans J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute perinatal twin to twin transfusion syndrome; Birth order; Dichorionic; Haemoglobin; Monochorionic; Placental vascular anastomoses; Twins

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHORION; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS;

EID: 26044451798     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1175     Document Type: Article

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