Clinical outcome and placental characteristics of monochorionic diamniotic twin pairs with early- and late-onset discordant growth

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 511.e1-511.e7

  Lewi, Liesbeth ^a   Gucciardo, Leonardo ^a   Huber, Agnes ^b   Jani, Jacques ^a   Van Mieghem, Tim ^a   Doné, Elisa ^a   Cannie, Mieke ^a   Gratacós, Eduardo ^c   Diemert, Anke ^b   Hecher, Kurt ^b   Lewi, Paul ^a   Deprest, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

birthweight discordance; fetal growth; monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy; placenta; ultrasound scan

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

EID: 54849442468     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.04.022     Document Type: Article

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