Biomaterial Database

Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. 1998

D W Hershey

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011247	Pregnancy	The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.	Gestation,Pregnancies
D005260	Female		Females
D005330	Fetofetal Transfusion	Passage of blood from one fetus to another via an arteriovenous communication or other shunt, in a monozygotic twin pregnancy. It results in anemia in one twin and polycythemia in the other. (Lee et al., Wintrobe's Clinical Hematology, 9th ed, p737-8)	Cross-Transfusion, Intrauterine,Intrauterine Cross-Transfusion,Twin Transfusion,Twin Transfusion Syndrome,Twin-to-Twin Transfusion,Fetal Transfusion Syndrome,Fetofetal Transfusion Syndrome,Twin Twin Transfusion Syndrome,Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome,Cross Transfusion, Intrauterine,Fetal Transfusion Syndromes,Fetofetal Transfusion Syndromes,Fetofetal Transfusions,Intrauterine Cross Transfusion,Intrauterine Cross-Transfusions,Syndrome, Fetal Transfusion,Syndrome, Fetofetal Transfusion,Syndrome, Twin Transfusion,Syndrome, Twin-to-Twin Transfusion,Transfusion Syndrome, Fetal,Transfusion Syndrome, Fetofetal,Transfusion Syndrome, Twin,Transfusion Syndrome, Twin-to-Twin,Transfusion, Fetofetal,Transfusion, Twin,Transfusion, Twin-to-Twin,Twin Transfusion Syndromes,Twin Transfusions,Twin to Twin Transfusion,Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome,Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndromes,Twin-to-Twin Transfusions
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000649	Amniocentesis	Percutaneous transabdominal puncture of the uterus during pregnancy to obtain amniotic fluid. It is commonly used for fetal karyotype determination in order to diagnose abnormal fetal conditions.	Amniocenteses