Discordant outcomes in a case of parvovirus b19 transmission into both dichorionic twins

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-179

  Schiesser, Monika ^a,b   Sergi, Consolato ^c   Enders, Martin ^d   Maul, Holger ^b   Schnitzler, Paul ^b  

^a Klinikum Traunstein   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d Labor Prof Enders und Partner   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrops fetalis; Intrauterine fetal death (IUFD); Parvovirus B19; Pregnancy; Twin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IRON; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS HYDROPS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; LIVER; MATERNAL BLOOD; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; SURVIVAL RATE; TWIN DISCORDANCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORION; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

PARVOVIRUS;

EID: 66249123621     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.12.2.175     Document Type: Article

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