First trimester diagnosis of conjoined twins in a triplet pregnancy after IVF and ICSI

Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1413-1415

  Goldberg, Y ^a   Ben Shlomo, I ^a   Weiner, E ^a   Shalev, E ^a,b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Chorionicity; Fetal malformation; Twins conjoined; Twins monozygotic

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJOINED TWINS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034036963     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.6.1413     Document Type: Article

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