Early diagnosis, follow-up, and prenatal treatment of a case of TRAP sequence occurring in a dichorionic triamniotic triplet pregnancy

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 350-353

  Cavoretto, Paolo ^a   Serafini, Audrey ^a   Valsecchi, Luca ^a   Lanna, Mariano ^b   Rustico, Maria Angela ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b V BUZZI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acardiac twin; Fetal therapy percutaneous cord occlusion; Interventional sonography; Laser coagulation; Obstetrics; TRAP sequence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HYDROPS; KARYOTYPE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; ULTRASOUND; YAG LASER;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; LASER COAGULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PRENATAL CARE; TRIPLETS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 67650172884     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20583     Document Type: Article

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