Fetofetal Transfusion
Report summarizes fetofetal transfusion study findings from University of Amsterdam
Published in Blood Weekly, April 17th, 2008
"The twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) is a severe complication of monochorionic twin pregnancies, caused by a net inter-twin transfusion of blood from one fetus (the donor) towards the other fetus (the recipient) through placental anastomoses. TTTS is driven by unidirectional-arterio-venous anastomoses, and mitigated by bidirectional arterio-arterial or veno-venous anastomoses which reduce the net inter-twin transfusion," researchers in Netherlands report.
"In contrast to these accepted concepts, cases have been described paradoxically devoid of arterio-venous anastomoses but including arterio-arterial anastomoses. We hypothesized that TTTS may develop in such...
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