Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 223-225 , March 2009

Quantification of Feto-fetal Transfusion Rate through a Single Placental Arterio-venous Anastomosis in a Monochorionic Twin Pregnancy

  • E. Lopriore

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, J6-S, Leiden University Medical Centre, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 71 5262909; fax: +31 71 5248199.
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  • J.P.H.M. Van den Wijngaard

      Affiliations

    • Laser Centre and Department of Obstetrics, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • S.A. Pasman

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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  • M.J.C. Van Gemert

      Affiliations

    • Laser Centre and Department of Obstetrics, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • F.P.H.A. Vandenbussche

      Affiliations

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

,Accepted 17 November 2008.

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PII: S0143-4004(08)00385-8

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.11.012

Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 223-225 , March 2009

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