High-intensity focused ultrasound treatment for twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 476-478

  Ichizuka, K ^a   Hasegawa, J ^a   Nakamura, M ^a   Matsuoka, R ^a   Sekizawa, A ^a   Okai, T ^a   Umemura, S ^b  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

fetal therapy; HIFU; high intensity focused ultrasound; non invasive; TRAP sequence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ANEMIA; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWINS; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, TWIN; PREMATURE BIRTH; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 84866930891     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.11114     Document Type: Article

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