Twins, placentas, and genetics: Acardiac twinning in a dichorionic, diamniotic, monozygotic twin gestation

Human Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1028-1031

  French, Christopher A ^b   Bieber, Frederick R ^b   Bing, David H ^b   Genest, David R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acardia; Malformation; Placenta; Twins; Zygosity

Indexed keywords

ACARDIUS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CHORION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PLACENTA DISORDER; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL VEIN; ZYGOSITY;

EID: 0031719071     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(98)90213-1     Document Type: Article

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