Separation of conjoined twins with the twin reversed-arterial-perfusion sequence after prenatal planning with three-dimensional modeling

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 343, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 399-402

  Norwitz, Errol R ^a   Hoyte, Lennox P J ^a   Jenkins, Kathy J ^b   Van Der Velde, Mary E ^b   Ratiu, Peter ^a   Rodriguez Thompson, Diana ^a   Wilkins Haug, Louise ^a   Tempany, Clare M C ^a   Fishman, Steven J ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER MODEL; CONJOINED TWINS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TWINS, CONJOINED;

EID: 0034632828     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200008103430604     Document Type: Article

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