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Original Article

Trocar-assisted selective laser photocoagulation of communicating vessels: A technique for the laser treatment of patients with twin–twin transfusion syndrome with inaccessible anterior placentas

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Pages 330-334 | Received 27 May 2009, Accepted 07 Jul 2009, Published online: 27 Nov 2009

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