Trisomy 2 in an acardiac twin in a triplet in-vitro fertilization pregnancy

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1378-1380

  Chaliha, C ^a   Schwarzler, P ^b   Booker, M ^a   Battash, M A ^b   Ville, Y ^b,c  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Serv de Gynecol Obstétrique   (France)

Author keywords

Acardia; Chorionicity; IVF; TRAP

Indexed keywords

ACARDIUS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS; HUMAN; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; TRISOMY; TWINS;

EID: 0032906854     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.5.1378     Document Type: Article

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