Theoretical and analytical embryology of conjoined twins: Part I: Embryogenesis

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-53

  Spencer, Rowena ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjoined triplets and quadruplets; Fission vs. fusion; Oviparity vs. viviparity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CONJOINED TWINS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TERMINOLOGY; TWINS, CONJOINED;

EID: 0033958369     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2353(2000)13:1<36::AID-CA5>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Review

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