Early diagnosis of conjoined twins using two-dimensional color doppler and three-dimensional ultrasound

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 552-556

  Bonilla Musoles, Fernando ^b   Raga, Francisco ^b   Bonilla Jr , Francisco ^b   Blanes, Javier ^b   Osborne, Newton G ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Color Doppler; Conjoined twins; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONJOINED TWINS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWINS, CONJOINED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032161164     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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