Resolution of mirror syndrome after successful fetoscopic laser photocoagulation of communicating placental vessels in severe twin-twin transfusion syndrome

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1167-1168

  Matsubara, Masakazu ^a,b   Nakata, Masahiko ^b   Murata, Susumu ^b   Miwa, Ichiro ^a   Sumie, Masahiro ^b   Sugino, Norihiro ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ballantyne syndrome; Human chorionic gonadotrophin; Hydrops fetalis; Laser surgery; Mirror syndrome; Twin twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BALLANTYNE SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; LABORATORY TEST; LASER COAGULATION; LUNG EDEMA; MIRROR SYNDROME; OLIGURIA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; FETOSCOPY; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 57149109615     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2128     Document Type: Article

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