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Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Infant, Newborn, Diseases > Anemia, Neonatal > Fetofetal Transfusion
Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases > Hematologic Diseases > Anemia > Anemia, Neonatal > Fetofetal Transfusion

Preferred term

Fetofetal Transfusion  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

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

Note

  • do not coordinate with DISEASES IN TWINS; note category: do not confuse with other "transfusion" concepts in MeSH

Scope note

  • 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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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005330

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