Sonographic assessment of chorionicity and amnionicity in twin pregnancies: How, when and why?

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-196

  Monteagudo, Ana ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnion; Chorion; Pregnancy, multiple; Twins; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AMNION; ARTICLE; CHORION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENDER; HUMAN; PLACENTA; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THICKNESS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TWIN PREGNANCY;

AMNION; CHORION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031808418     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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