American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 203, Issue 1 , Pages 54.e1-54.e5 , July 2010

Clinical outcome in neonates with twin anemia-polycythemia sequence

Presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society, Amazon, Brazil, Sept. 6-10, 2009, and at the 4th Annual Symposium on Monochorionic Multiple Pregnancies of the Eurofetus group, Barcelona, Spain, May 22-23, 2009.

  • Enrico Lopriore, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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  • Femke Slaghekke, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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  • Dick Oepkes, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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  • Johanna M. Middeldorp, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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  • Frank P. Vandenbussche, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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  • Frans J. Walther, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands

Received 25 September 2009 ,Revised 29 October 2009 ,Accepted 10 February 2010.

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 Authorship and contribution to the article is limited to the 6 authors indicated. There was no outside funding or technical assistance with the production of this article.

 Cite this article as: Lopriore E, Slaghekke F, Oepkes D, et al. Clinical outcome in neonates with twin anemia-polycythemia sequence. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;203:54.e1-5.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.02.032

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 203, Issue 1 , Pages 54.e1-54.e5 , July 2010

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