Outcome of twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence following treatment with interstitial laser: A retrospective study

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-41

  Scheier, Matthias ^a   Molina, Francisca S ^b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Laser therapy; Monochorionic twin pregnancy; Twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELIVERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LASER THERAPY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TRAP SEQUENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FETAL THERAPIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857364298     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334156     Document Type: Article

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