Pathognomonic sign of twin reversed arterial perfusion using color Doppler sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 501-503

  Papa, Tracy ^a   Dao, Anh ^a   Bruner, Joseph P ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER EFFECT; MEDICAL IMAGING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ACARDIAC TWIN PREGNANCY; COLOR DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; TWIN REVERSED ARTERIAL PERFUSION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031194516     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1997.16.7.501     Document Type: Article

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