Imaging in the preoperative assessment of conjoined twins

Radiographics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1187-1208

  Kingston, Catherine A ^a   McHugh, Kieran ^a   Kumaradevan, Jeevan ^a   Kiely, Edward M ^a   Spitz, Lewis ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Twins, 856.879; Twins, abnormalities, 856.879

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION; CONJOINED TWINS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; TWINS, CONJOINED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0035463937     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.21.5.g01se011187     Document Type: Article

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