Research into TTTS

This section features details, where available, of research into TTTS

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1) Eurofetus Project - European-wide EEC funded research into the use of laser fetoscopy as treatment for TTTS and other related problems. Directed by Dr. Jan Deprest. Co-operating institutions include St. Georges medical centre London, and centres in France, Italy, Belgium, and Germany. We are in touch with Dr. Deprest and will be releasing information as it becomes available.

2) Septostomy- Research study by George Saade et al.

3) New Hypotheses in TTTS - By Prof. Dr. Martin van Gemert, Amsterdam

4) Opinion - Monochorionic twin pregnancies: 'les liaisons dangereuses' - By Dr. Yves Ville, Director Fetal Medicine, St. George's London

5) Can Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome Be Explained, and How Is it Treated? - GEOFFREY A. MACHIN, MD, PhD, and LOUIS G. KEITH, MDf

6) Slide Photographs from Fetoscopy - Provided by The University of Leuven, Belgium