First successful case of non-invasive in-utero treatment of twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence by high-intensity focused ultrasound

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 112-114

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

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

fetal therapy; HIFU; TRAP sequence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ANEMIA; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PSEUDARTHROSIS; UMBILICAL CORD; EMBRYOLOGY; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; PROCEDURES;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND ABLATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PSEUDARTHROSIS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 84879476331     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.12466     Document Type: Article

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