Twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence in conjoined, acardiac, acephalic twins associated with a normal triplet: A case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1046-1050

  Sanjaghsaz, Hamid ^a,e   Bayram, Mehmet O ^b,c   Qureshi, Faisal ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Egypt)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Macomb Hospital Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Monsters; Perfusion; Triplets; Twin reversed arterial perfusion

Indexed keywords

ACARDIUS; ADULT; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJOINED TWINS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL HEART; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TRIPLETS; TWINS, CONJOINED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032428747     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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