Ultrasound assessment of venous blood flow before and after laser therapy: Approach to understanding the pathophysiology of twin-twin transfusion syndrome

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 164-168

  Ishii, K ^a   Chmait, R H ^a,b   Martinez J M ^a   Nakata, M ^a   Quintero, R A ^a,c  

^a St Joseph's Women's Hospital   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Twin twin transfusion syndrome; Ultrasound; Venous Doppler studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; LASER SURGERY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; UMBILICAL VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN DIAMETER;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 4043093466     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1104     Document Type: Article

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