Recipient twin limb ischemia with postnatal onset.
Broadbent RS
Department of Women's and Children's Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. roland.broadbent@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
After the occurrence of 3 local cases of limb ischemia in newborn twins, we reviewed the literature to investigate this combination systematically. This review reveals a distinct condition: postnatal onset limb ischemia affecting recipient twins in twin-twin transfusion syndrome.
Published 22 January 2007 in J Pediatr, 150(2): 207-9.
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