Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 47-51 , January 2007

Twin Anemia–Polycythemia Sequence in Two Monochorionic Twin Pairs Without Oligo-Polyhydramnios Sequence

  • E. Lopriore, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. E. Lopriore, MD, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, J6-S, Leiden University Medical Center, albinusdreef 2, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31-71-5262909; fax: +31-71-5248199.
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  • J.M. Middeldorp, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • D. Oepkes, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • H.H. Kanhai, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • F.J. Walther, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • F.P.H.A. Vandenbussche, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

,Accepted 18 January 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2006.01.010

Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 47-51 , January 2007

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