Three-dimensional sonographic assessment of fetal urine production before and after laser surgery in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 972-976

  Yamamoto, M ^a,b   Essaoui, M ^a   Nasr, B ^a   Malek, N ^a   Takahashi, Y ^a,c   Moreira De Sa, R ^a,d   Ville, Y ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^c NAGARA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fetal urine production; Laser; Three dimensional sonography; TTTS; Umbilical venous flow; VOCAL

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; UMBILICAL VEIN; URINALYSIS;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASER THERAPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL VEINS; URINARY BLADDER; URINE;

EID: 38049129544     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5218     Document Type: Article

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