Placental characteristics of selective birth weight discordance in diamniotic-monochorionic twin gestations

Placenta

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 380-386

  De Paepe, M E ^a,b   Shapiro, S ^a   Young, L ^a   Luks, F I ^b  

^a WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomoses; Birth weight; Monochorionic twin; Placenta; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

DYE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BIRTH WEIGHT DISCORDANCE; CHORION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWIN PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL VEIN;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORION; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 77951942250     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2010.02.018     Document Type: Article

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