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Chapter 15 - Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)»Maternal care related to the fetus and amniotic cavity and possible delivery problems (O30-O48)»Fetus-to-fetus placental transfusion syndrome, unspecified trimester (O43.029)

O43.029

Fetus-to-fetus placental transfusion syndrome, unspecified trimester

Related indications (MeSH) (1)

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)