Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 523-526 , May 2007

Significance of Donor Anuria Differs between Monoamniotic and Diamniotic Twin–Twin Transfusion Syndrome

  • A.H.P. Schaap

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 20 566 9111; fax: +31 20 696 3489.
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  • J.P.H.M. van den Wijngaard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Laser Centre, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • P.G.J. Nikkels

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • A.J.M. van den Broek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neonatology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • I. Snieders

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • M.J.C. van Gemert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Laser Centre, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

,Accepted 11 September 2006.

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PII: S0143-4004(06)00223-2

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2006.09.003

Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 523-526 , May 2007

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