Prenatal diagnosis of cephalothoracopagus janiceps monosymmetros

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 384-388

  Chen, Chih Ping ^a   Lee, Chin Cheng ^b   Liu, Fen Fen ^a   Jan, Sheau Wen ^a   Lin, Ming Huei ^a   Chen, Be Fong ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Shinkong Wu Ho Su Memorial Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cephalothoracopagus; Conjoined twins; Janiceps; Monosymmetros; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONJOINED TWINS; DUODENUM; ESOPHAGUS; FACE; FACIES; FETUS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; JEJUNUM; LIMB; MICROGNATHIA; MICROPHTHALMIA; NOSE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; STOMACH; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX; TWINS; ULTRASOUND; UMBILICUS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TWINS, CONJOINED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

UMBILICUS;

EID: 0030898991     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199704)17:4<384::AID-PD64>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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