Sonographic determination of first trimester twin chorionicity and amnionicity

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 305-308

  Hill, Lyndon M ^a,b   Chenevey, Paula ^a   Hecker, Julie ^a   Martin, Jerry G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnionicity; Twin chorionicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RELIABILITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TWIN PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND;

AMNION; CHORION; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0029944983     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199607/08)24:6<305::AID-JCU4>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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