Intertwin discordance in umbilical venous volume flow: A reflection of blood volume imbalance in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 317-320

  Yamamoto, M ^a,b   Nasr, B ^a   Ortqvist, L ^a   Bernard, J P ^a   Takahashi, Y ^a   Ville, Y ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Doppler; Twin to twin transfusion syndrome; Umbilical vein volume flow

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOSCOPY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; UMBILICAL VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 33947369826     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.3959     Document Type: Article

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