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Preferred term

Fetofetal Transfusion  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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)

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cross-Transfusion, Intrauterine
  • Fetal Transfusion Syndrome
  • Fetofetal Transfusion Syndrome
  • Intrauterine Cross-Transfusion
  • Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome
  • Twin Transfusion
  • Twin Transfusion Syndrome
  • Twin Twin Transfusion Syndrome

In other languages

  • French

  • STT (Syndrome Transfuseur-Transfusé)
  • Syndrome de transfusion foetofoetale
  • Syndrome transfuseur-transfusé
  • Syndrome TTTS
  • Transfusion foetofoetale
  • Transfusion interfoetale gémellaire

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