Optimal interval for ultrasound surveillance in monochorionic twin gestations

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 131-135

  Thorson, Heidi L ^a   Ramaeker, Devon M ^a   Emery, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650780944     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31820292ec     Document Type: Article

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