Prevalence of neurological damage in monochorionic twins with selective intrauterine growth restriction and intermittent absent or reversed end-diastolic umbilical artery flow

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-163

  Gratacos E ^a,c   Carreras, E ^a   Becker, J ^a   Lewi, L ^b   Enriquez G ^a   Perapoch, J ^a   Higueras, T ^a   Cabero, L ^a   Deprest, J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c HOSPITAL MATERNO INFANTIL VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intermittent absent or reversed end diastolic flow; Intrauterine fetal death; Leukomalacia; Monochorionic twins; Neurological damage; Selective intrauterine growth restriction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FETUS DEATH; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN ANEMIA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW;

BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 4043135883     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1105     Document Type: Article

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