Dizygotic monochorionic twin pregnancy conceived following intracytoplasmic sperm injection treatment and complicated by twin-twin transfusion syndrome and blood chimerism

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 832-834

  Ekelund, C K ^a   Skibsted, L ^b,c   Sogaard K ^a   Main, K M ^d   Dziegiel, M H ^d   Schwartz, M ^a,c   Moeller, N ^e   Roos, L ^f   Tabor, A ^a,c  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Department of Growth and Reproduction ^*

^e HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f Kennedy Center

Author keywords

Blood chimerism; Karyotypes; Monochorionic twins; Twin twin transfusion syndrome; Zygocity determination

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHIMERA; CHORION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; KARYOTYPE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; ULTRASOUND; ZYGOSITY;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; CHIMERISM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 57349101886     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6221     Document Type: Article

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