Antenatal necrotic injury in severe twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome: A case and review

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 370-372

  Carr, Stephen R ^a,c   Luks, François ^b   Tracy, Thomas ^b   Plevyak, Michael ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenatal ischemic injury; Twin to twin transfusion

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETOSCOPY; FETUS; HUMAN; HYPERVISCOSITY SYNDROME; LASER SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; NECROSIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 3042642871     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077968     Document Type: Review

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