Acardiac twinning where the pump twin dies in utero due to thrombosis in the umbilical arteries

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-54

  Erkaya, Salim ^a   Kutlay, Baran ^a   Kara, Fadil ^a   Uygur, Dilek ^a   Bebitoglu, Ilhan ^a  

^a Zubeyde Hanim Maternity Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARDIUS; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FETUS; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

EID: 0034125641     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(99)00192-X     Document Type: Article

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