Placental pathology in trap sequence: Clinical and pathogenetic implications

Fetal and Pediatric Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-29

  Steffensen, Thora S ^a   Gilbert Barness, Enid ^a,b   Spellacy, William ^a   Quintero, Ruben A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acardiac twin; Immature villi; Placenta; Thrombosis; Twin reversed arterial perfusion

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ACARDIUS; ADULT; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORION VILLUS; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYDROPS; IMMATURITY; INTUBATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA; PLACENTA VILLUS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THROMBUS; TWIN REVERSED ARTERIAL PERFUSION; UMBILICAL VEIN; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; CHORIONIC VILLI; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL VEINS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 45849131966     PISSN: 15513815     EISSN: 15513823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15513810801893389     Document Type: Article

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