Perinatal outcome of monochorionic twins with selective intrauterine growth restriction and different types of umbilical artery doppler under expectant management

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 157-161

  Ishii, Keisuke ^a   Murakoshi, Takeshi ^a   Takahashi, Yuichiro ^b   Shinno, Takashi ^a   Matsushita, Mitsuru ^a   Naruse, Hiroo ^a   Torii, Yuichi ^a   Sumie, Masahiro ^c   Nakata, Masahiko ^c  

^a SEIREI HAMAMATSU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGARA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Monochorionic twins; Perinatal prognosis; Selective intrauterine fetal growth restriction; Umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOCHORIONIC TWIN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TWIN PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

CHORION; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 72049087978     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000253880     Document Type: Article

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