High risk of unexpected late fetal death in monochorionic twins despite intensive ultrasound surveillance: a cohort study.

BACKGROUND: The rationale for fetal surveillance in monochorionic twin pregnancies is timely intervention to prevent the increased fetal/perinatal morbidity and mortality attributed to twin-twin transfusion syndrome and intrauterine growth restriction. We investigated the residual risk of fetal deat...

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Main Authors: Olivia Barigye, Lucia Pasquini, Paula Galea, Helen Chambers, Lucy Chappell, Nicholas M Fisk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2005-06-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1160580?pdf=render