Twin reverse arterial perfusion sequence

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Nik Lah, Nik Ahmad Zuky ^a   Che Yaakob, C A ^a   Othman, M S ^a   Nik Mahmood, N M Z ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acardiac twin; Intrafoetal ablation; Monochorionic twins; Twin reverse arterial perfusion sequence

Indexed keywords

ACARDIUS; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; BREECH EXTRACTION; CATHETER ABLATION; CESAREAN SECTION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MONOCHORIONIC TWIN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; ULTRASOUND; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ANEMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 38449091429     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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