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MeSH Heading: Fetofetal Transfusion
Tree Number(s): C15.378.071.363.344; C16.614.053.344
Unique ID: D005330
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005330
Annotation: do not coordinate with DISEASES IN TWINS; note category: do not confuse with other "transfusion" concepts in MeSH
Scope Note: 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)
Entry Term(s): Cross-Transfusion, Intrauterine; Fetal Transfusion Syndrome; Fetofetal Transfusion Syndrome; Intrauterine Cross-Transfusion; Twin Transfusion; Twin Transfusion Syndrome; Twin Twin Transfusion Syndrome; Twin-to-Twin Transfusion; Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome
Previous Indexing: Anemia (1966-1967); Infant, Newborn, Diseases (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/10/18

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0008415
Scope Note: 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)
Terms: Fetofetal Transfusion Preferred Term
Term UI T016272
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1968); Fetal Transfusion Syndrome
Term UI T818667
Date03/01/2012
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID ORD (2010); Fetofetal Transfusion Syndrome
Term UI T818668
Date03/01/2012
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID ORD (2010); Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome
Term UI T818669
Date03/01/2012
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID ORD (2010); Intrauterine Cross-Transfusion
Term UI T016274
Date01/01/1975
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Twin Transfusion
Term UI T016275
Date03/18/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Twin Transfusion Syndrome
Term UI T016276
Date05/19/1981
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Twin Twin Transfusion Syndrome
Term UI T818666
Date03/01/2012
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID ORD (2010); Cross-Transfusion, Intrauterine
Term UI T016273
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Twin-to-Twin Transfusion
Term UI T001110770
Date08/30/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2023)

Fetofetal Transfusion MeSH Descriptor Data 2023