Conjoined thoracopagus twins

Medical Science Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-72

  Fiçicioglu, Cem ^a,c   Yalti, Scrap ^a   Yazgan, All ^a   Kavak, Zehra ^b   Hatirnaz, Afak ^a   Kabaca, Canan ^a   Bilgiç, Remziye ^a  

^a Zeynep Kamil Maternity Hospital   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Bagdat Cad No: 272 Daire ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Conjoined twins; Thoracopagus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONJOINED TWINS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESOPHAGUS MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THORAX MALFORMATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0033750252     PISSN: 02698951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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