American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 192, Issue 2 , Pages 604-609, February 2005

Persistent elevation of cell-free fetal DNA levels in maternal plasma after selective laser coagulation of chorionic plate anastomoses in severe midgestational twin-twin transfusion syndrome

  • Tuangsit Wataganara, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass
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  • Eduard Gratacos, MD

      Affiliations

    • Fetal Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Jacques Jani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Jorge Becker, MD

      Affiliations

    • Fetal Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Liesbeth Lewi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Lisa M. Sullivan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Boston University, Boston, Mass
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  • Diana W. Bianchi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint request: Diana W. Bianchi, MD, Division of Genetics, Departments of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, 750 Washington St, Box 394, Tufts-NEMC, Boston, MA 02111.
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  • Jan A. Deprest, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium

Received 14 March 2004; received in revised form 11 June 2004

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 The Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship (TW) was supported in part by the Anandamahidol Foundation, Thailand. The fellowship (JJ) and the clinical trials were supported by the European Commission (EURO TWIN 2 TWIN, GLC1-CT-2002-01632). L. Lewi is a recipient of a doctoral fellowship of the Flemish Government (VIS/00/009). Funding was also received from The Spanish Fondo de Investigaciones Cientificas (FIS 02/0738 to EG) and the United States National Institutes of Health (N01-HD43204 and R01-HD42053 to DWB).

PII: S0002-9378(04)00777-X

doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2004.07.019

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 192, Issue 2 , Pages 604-609, February 2005

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