Fetal parvovirus B19 infection in a twin pregnancy with 1 twin presenting with hydrops fetalis and the other asymptomatic: A case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 419-421

  Tse, Ngong Leung ^a   Tak, Yeung Leung ^b   Chan, Paul Kay Sheung ^b   Tak, Yuen Fung ^b   Tze, Kin Lau ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Human parvovirus B19; Hydrops fetalis; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS HYDROPS; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MECONIUM PERITONITIS; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TWINS;

EID: 34249087370     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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