Molecular Zygosity Studies Aid in the Management of Discordant Multiple Gestations

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 202-207

  Norton, Mary E ^a   D'Alton, Mary E ^b   Bianchi, Diana W ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ABORTION; ADULT; AMNION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TWINS;

ABNORMALITIES; ABORTION, EUGENIC; ADULT; AMNION; DISEASES IN TWINS; DNA; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0031133699     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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