Twin-twin transfusion syndrome: Where do we go from here?

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 296-304

  Harkness, Ursula F ^a   Crombleholme, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnioreduction; Laser photocoagulation; Twin twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETOSCOPY; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

EID: 29044435329     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2005.10.001     Document Type: Review

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