Monoamniotic twins delivered liveborn with a forked umbilical cord

Pediatric Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 639-644

  Fraser, Robert B ^a   Liston, Robert M ^a   Thompson, Deborah L ^a   Wright Jr , James R ^a  

^a IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forked umbilical cord; Monoamniotic twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJOINED TWINS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS; UMBILICAL CORD;

ADULT; AMNION; CHORION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0030915361     PISSN: 10771042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/107710497174624     Document Type: Article

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