Fetal therapy in twin reserve arterial perfusion sequence pregnancies with alcohol ablation or bipolar cord coagulation

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 279, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 517-520

  Gul, Ahmet ^a   Gungorduk, Kemal ^b   Yildirim, Gokhan ^a   Gedikbasi, Ali ^a   Yildirim, Dogukan ^a   Ceylan, Yavuz ^a  

^a Istanbul Bakirkoy Women and Children Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Kartaltepe MahGülbeşeker Sok ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acardiac twin; Alcohol ablation; Bipolar coagulation; Twin reserve arterial perfusion sequence

Indexed keywords

ACARDIUS; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETAL THERAPY; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; UMBILICAL CORD;

CARDIOVASCULAR ABNORMALITIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL THERAPIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 61349086709     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-008-0746-9     Document Type: Article

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