In utero laser treatment of type II vasa previa

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 847-851

  Quintero, Rubén A ^a   Kontopoulos, Eftichia V ^a   Bornick, Patricia W ^b   Allen, Mary H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler; Fetal therapy; Operative fetoscopy; Ultrasound; Vasa previa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ANALYTIC METHOD; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; NEWBORN DEATH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TYPE 2 VASA PREVIA; ULTRASOUND; YAG LASER;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LASER THERAPY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 36749083482     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050701731605     Document Type: Article

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