Cardiac regression sequence: Reversal of blood flow is diagnostic but not causative in an acardiac fetus

Early Human Development

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-85

  Ersch, Jörg ^a   Stallmach, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acardiac; Heart malformation; Monozygotic twin pregnancy; TRAP sequence; Vessel anastomosis

Indexed keywords

ACARDIUS; ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIVER; LUNG MALFORMATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0032575480     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(98)00011-5     Document Type: Article

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