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Abstract
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)
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- Cross-Transfusion, Intrauterine
- Fetal Transfusion Syndrome
- Fetofetal Transfusion Syndrome
- Intrauterine Cross-Transfusion
- Twin Transfusion
- Twin Transfusion Syndrome
- Twin Twin Transfusion Syndrome
- Twin-to-Twin Transfusion
- 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
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34 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not coordinate with DISEASES IN TWINS; note category: do not confuse with other "transfusion" concepts in MeSH
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- Anemia (1966-1967)
- Infant, Newborn, Diseases (1966-1967)
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- National Library of Medicine. Fetofetal Transfusion. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005330. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005330
- Fetofetal Transfusion. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin-to-twin_transfusion_syndrome
- Fetofetal Transfusion. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1409160