Twin anemia-polycythemia sequence (TAPS) without a cause

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 559-560

  Lopriore, Enrico ^a   Oepkes, Dick ^a   Van Den Wijngaard, Jeroen P H M ^b   Van Gemert, Martin J C ^b   Middeldorp, Johanna M ^a   Vandenbussche, Frank P H A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ERYTHROPOIESIS; INTRAUTERINE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; LASER SURGERY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN ANEMIA POLYCYTHEMIA SEQUENCE; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

ANEMIA; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 46749124010     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2011     Document Type: Letter

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