The vascular anastomoses in monochorionic twin pregnancies and their clinical consequences

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-30

  Lewi, Liesbeth ^a   Deprest, Jan ^a   Hecher, Kurt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

anemia polycythemia; anomaly; complication; growth; monoamniotic; monochorionic twin pregnancy; placenta; reversed arterial perfusion; review; transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANEMIA; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY PERFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; MONOCHORIONIC TWIN PREGNANCY; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PLACENTA; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TWIN; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84871612477     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.09.025     Document Type: Review

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