The lambda sign at 10-14 weeks of gestation as a predictor of chorionicity in twin pregnancies

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 421-423

  Sepulveda, W ^a   Sebire, N J ^a   Hughes, K ^a   Odibo, A ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chorionicity; First trimester; Twin pregnancy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWINS;

ADULT; CHORION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030159163     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1996.07060421.x     Document Type: Article

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