Spontaneous twin anemia-polycythemia sequence complicated by recipient placental vascular thrombosis and hydrops fetalis

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 549-552

  Assaf, Samer A ^a   Benirschke, Kurt ^b   Chmait, Ramen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

hydrops fetalis; Placental thrombosis; selective laser photocoagulation of communicating vessels; twin anemia polycythemia sequence; twin twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CAPUT SUCCEDANEUM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS HYDROPS; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; NEWBORN; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYCYTHEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOSIS; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TWIN ANEMIA POLYCYTHEMIA SEQUENCE; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; ANEMIA; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; FETOSCOPY; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TRIPLETS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 79751496100     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.497878     Document Type: Article

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