False positive diagnosis of conjoined twins in the first trimester [1]

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 516-518

  Weiss, J L ^a,b   Devine, P C ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJOINED TWINS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; TORSION; TWINS, CONJOINED; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0036434286     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2002.00849_1.x     Document Type: Letter

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