Pitfalls of the ‘double bubble’ sign a case of congenital duodenal duplication

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 298-300

  Malone, Fergal D ^a   Crombleholme, Timothy M ^a   Nores, Jose A ^a   Athanassiou, Achilles ^a   D’Alton, Mary E ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Duodenal atresia; Duodenal duplication; Prenatal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DUODENUM ATRESIA; DUODENUM DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRAMNIOS; IMAGING; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030777487     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000264490     Document Type: Article

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