Minimally united ischiopagus twins: Infraumbilical union with cloacal anomalies

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1538-1545

  Spencer, Rowena ^a,b,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

cloacal anomalies; Conjoined twins; ischiopagus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOACA; CONJOINED TWINS; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; GASTROSCHISIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; OMPHALOCELE; PELVIS; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URACHUS;

EID: 0029801139     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(96)90173-6     Document Type: Article

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