Craniopagus parasiticus: A case illustrating its relationship to craniopagus conjoined twinning

Pediatric Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 939-944

  Aquino, Deborah B ^a,b   Timmons, Charles ^a,b   Burns, Dennis ^a,b   Lowichik, Amy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjoined twins; Craniopagus parasiticus; Placenta; Teratology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CONJOINED TWINS; CRANIOPAGUS PARASITICUS; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPLASIA; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD;

FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SKULL; TWINS, CONJOINED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0030708817     PISSN: 10771042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/107710497174381     Document Type: Article

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