Effects of inter-twin vascular anastomoses of monochorionic twins with selective intrauterine growth restriction on the contents of placental mitochondria DNA

• Main Authors: Yao-Lung Chang (Author), An-Shine Chao (Author), Hsiu-Huei Peng (Author), Shuenn-Dyh Chang (Author), Sheng-Yuan Su (Author), Kuan-Ju Chen (Author), Tzu-Hao Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Placental mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been proposed to be an indicator for placental hypoxia. This study was designed to evaluate the effect of vascular anastomoses between monochorionic (MC) twins on placental mtDNA. Methods In this study, twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS)...