Long-term outcome of infants with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-74

  Hikino, Shunji ^a   Ohga, Shouichi ^a   Kanda, Takashi ^a   Nakashima, Toshinori ^a   Yamamoto, Junko ^a   Nakayama, Hideki ^a   Nakano, Hitoo ^b   Hara, Toshiro ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Monochorionic twins; TTTS infants, long term outcome; TTTS, growth and development; TTTS, neonatal morbidity and mortality; Twin to twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33845733145     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095847     Document Type: Article

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