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Case Report

Spontaneous twin anemia–polycythemia sequence complicated by recipient placental vascular thrombosis and hydrops fetalis

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Pages 549-552 | Received 17 Nov 2009, Accepted 12 May 2010, Published online: 01 Jul 2010

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