Quantification of Feto-fetal Transfusion Rate through a Single Placental Arterio-venous Anastomosis in a Monochorionic Twin Pregnancy

Placenta

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 223-225

  Lopriore, E ^a   Van den Wijngaard, J P H M ^b   Pasman, S A ^a   Oepkes, D ^a   Walther, F J ^a   Van Gemert, M J C ^b   Vandenbussche, F P H A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inter twin blood flow; Placental vascular anastomoses; Twin to twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; LASER SURGERY; NEWBORN; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN ANEMIA POLYCYTHEMIA SEQUENCE; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

ARTERIOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, INTRAUTERINE; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59849110343     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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