Congenital heart defects in a large, unselected cohort of monochorionic twins

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 457-461

  Pettit, K E ^a,b   Merchant, M ^c   Machin, G A ^d   Tacy, T A ^e   Norton, M E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anomalies; cardiac; congenital heart defect; monochorionic twins; multiple gestations; twin to twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MONOCHORIONIC TWIN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; TWINS;

EID: 84881617342     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2012.145     Document Type: Article

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