An ethically justified decision-making pathway for the management of pregnancies complicated by twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 339-342

  Skupski, Daniel ^a,c   Chervenak, Frank A ^a   McCullough, Laurence ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK HOSPITAL QUEENS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Monochorionicity; Multiple gestation; Twin to twin transfusion

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FETUS DISEASE; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PREGNANCY; TWINS;

EID: 34547929111     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103292     Document Type: Article

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