Monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy: Timing and duration of sonographic surveillance for detection of twin-twin transfusion syndrome

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 297-301

  Carver, Alissa ^a   Haeri, Sina ^a   Moldenhauer, Julie ^b   Wolfe, Honor M ^a   Goodnight, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Monochorionic diamniotic gestations; Sonography; Surveillance; Twin twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

FETAL MONITORING; MONITORING; OBSTETRICS; SPACE SURVEILLANCE; TIMING CIRCUITS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; COHORT ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; KAPLAN-MEIER SURVIVAL CURVES; MEAN FREQUENCY; MONOCHORIONIC DIAMNIOTIC GESTATIONS; TWIN-TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORTALITY; NEWBORN ANEMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 79952143475     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.3.297     Document Type: Article

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