Partial molar transformation of the placenta of presumably monozygotic twins

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-100

  Benirschke, Kurt ^a,f   Spinosa, John C ^b   McGinniss, Matthew J ^c   Marchevsky, Alberto ^d   Sanchez, John ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydatidiform mole; Mole with fetal blood vessels; Monozygotic twin placenta

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FETUS BLOOD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033985196     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100240050013     Document Type: Article

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