Interventions for the treatment of twin-twin transfusion syndrome

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Roberts, Devender ^a   Neilson, James P ^b   Kilby, Mark D ^c   Gates, Simon ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL WOMEN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNIOREDUCTION; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LASER COAGULATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MATERNAL DEATH; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RATE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SEPTOSTOMY; STILLBIRTH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN ANEMIA; PREGNANCY; PUNCTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); THERAPEUTIC ABORTION;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; PUNCTURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84903266408     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002073.pub3     Document Type: Review

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