Anatomic description of conjoined twins: A plea for standardized terminology

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 941-944

  Spencer, Rowena ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjoined twins; nomenclature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONJOINED TWINS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0030006713     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(96)90417-0     Document Type: Article

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