Cerebral injury in twin-twin transfusion syndrome treated with fetoscopic laser surgery

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-20

  Spruijt, Marjolijn ^a   Steggerda, Sylke ^a   Rath, Mirjam ^a   van Zwet, Erik ^a   Oepkes, Dick ^a   Walther, Frans ^a   Lopriore, Enrico ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CYST; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; HUMAN; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ANEMIA; PREGNANCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWINS;

BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CYSTS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; FETOSCOPY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LASER THERAPY; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWINS;

EID: 84871678312     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31825b9841     Document Type: Article

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