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The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine Volume 29, 2016 - Issue 15
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Original Article

Double fatal outcome after ruptured vasa previa in monochorionic twins: case report and review of the literature

A. van Steenis1 Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands and
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D. P. Zhao1 Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands and
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S. J. Steggerda1 Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands and
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W. J. Kist2 Division of Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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M. C. Haak2 Division of Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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D. Oepkes2 Division of Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Enrico Lopriore1 Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands and Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 2523-2526 | Received 30 Jul 2015, Accepted 08 Sep 2015, Published online: 06 Oct 2015

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