Prenatal sonographic diagnosis of conjoined twins in the first trimester: Two case reports

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 289-291

  Lam, Y H ^a,d   Sin, S Y ^b   Lam, C ^c   Lee, C P ^a   Tang, M H Y ^a   Tse, H Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d TSAN YUK HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Conjoined twins; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJOINED TWINS; DEVICE; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

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

EID: 0031746287     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1998.11040289.x     Document Type: Article

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