Ultrasound assessment of chorionicity and amnionicity in twin pregnancies

Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 213-227

  Monteagudo, Ana ^a,b   Timor Tritsch, Ilan E ^b  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNION; CHORION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; EMBRYOLOGY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032322232     PISSN: 09655395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0965539598000448     Document Type: Review

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