Prenatal diagnosis of epignathus causing acute polyhydramnios

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 498-501

  Ekici, Eyup ^a   Soysal, Mehmet ^b,c   Kara, Seyide ^a   Dogan, Muammer ^a   Gokmen, Oya ^a  

^a ZEKAI TAHIR BURAK WOMEN S HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c PKH 20100 ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epignathus; Polyhydramnios; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; LABOR INDUCTION; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOMA;

EID: 0030011552     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349609033362     Document Type: Article

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