Invasive therapeutic procedures in monochorionic twins: Clinical reality and pending questions;Procédures thérapeutiques invasives chez les jumeaux monochorioniques: Réalité clinique et questions en suspens

Revue Medicale de Liege

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 209-218

  Gucciardo, L ^a   Lewi, L ^a,b   Deprest, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fetofetal transfusion; Fetoscopic procedure; Growth; Monozygotic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICHORIONIC TWIN PREGNANCY; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FETOSCOPY; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS CONTROL; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LASER COAGULATION; MONOCHORIONIC TWIN PREGNANCY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; WELLBEING;

DISEASES IN TWINS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; FETOSCOPY; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 65949119531     PISSN: 00353663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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