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Treatment and outcome of 370 cases with spontaneous or post-laser twin anemia-polycythemia sequence managed in 17 fetal therapy centers.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To investigate the antenatal management and outcome in a large international cohort of monochorionic twin pregnancies with spontaneous or post-laser twin anemia-polycythemia sequence (TAPS). METHODS:This study analyzed data of monochorionic twin pregnancies diagnosed antenatally with spontaneous or post-laser TAPS in 17 fetal therapy centers, recorded in the TAPS Registry between 2014 and 2019. Antenatal diagnosis of TAPS was based on fetal middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity >?1.5 multiples of the median (MoM) in the TAPS donor and

SUBMITTER: Tollenaar LSA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7497010 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Treatment and outcome of 370 cases with spontaneous or post-laser twin anemia-polycythemia sequence managed in 17 fetal therapy centers.

Tollenaar L S A LSA Slaghekke F F Lewi L L Ville Y Y Lanna M M Weingertner A A Ryan G G Arévalo S S Khalil A A Brock C O CO Klaritsch P P Hecher K K Gardener G G Bevilacqua E E Kostyukov K V KV Bahtiyar M O MO Kilby M D MD Tiblad E E Oepkes D D Lopriore E E

Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 20200901 3

<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate the antenatal management and outcome in a large international cohort of monochorionic twin pregnancies with spontaneous or post-laser twin anemia-polycythemia sequence (TAPS).<h4>Methods</h4>This study analyzed data of monochorionic twin pregnancies diagnosed antenatally with spontaneous or post-laser TAPS in 17 fetal therapy centers, recorded in the TAPS Registry between 2014 and 2019. Antenatal diagnosis of TAPS was based on fetal middle cerebral artery peak sy ...[more]

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Treatment and outcome of 370 cases with spontaneous or post-laser twin anemia-polycythemia sequence managed in 17 fetal therapy centers.

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Treatment and outcome of 370 cases with spontaneous or post-laser twin anemia-polycythemia sequence managed in 17 fetal therapy centers.

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