Successful sonographically guided laser ablation of a large acardiac twin at 26 weeks' gestation

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1663-1666

  Sepulveda, Waldo ^a   Hasbun, Jorge ^b   Dezerega, Victor ^a   Devoto, Juan C ^a   Alcalde, Juan L ^a  

^a CLÍNICA LAS CONDES   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ACARDIUS; ADULT; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; INFORMED CONSENT; LABOR INDUCTION; LASER COAGULATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERINE ARTERY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; YAG LASER;

EID: 9744228703     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.12.1663     Document Type: Article

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