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Umbelical Waveforms in Twin Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

W.B. Giles ,
B.J. Trudinger  and
C.M. Cook
W.B. Giles*
Affiliation:
Fetal Welfare Laboratory, Westmead Hospital, Australia
B.J. Trudinger
Affiliation:
Fetal Welfare Laboratory, Westmead Hospital, Australia
C.M. Cook
Affiliation:
Fetal Welfare Laboratory, Westmead Hospital, Australia
*
Department of Obstetrics, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, Westmead NSW 2145, Australia

Abstract

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Continuous wave Doppler ultrasound was used to study the twin fetus in 76 multiple pregnancies. The technique is not difficult and allowed the identification of the small for gestional age twin in both intrauterine growth failure and twin to twin transfusion syndrome.

Keywords

Twin pregnancyUmbilical artery waveformsTwin to twin transfusion
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 34 , Issue 3-4 , October 1985 , pp. 233 - 237
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1985

References

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