Neural-tube defect in dizygotic twins

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 211-212

  Budhiraja, Sushil ^a,b   Dahiya, Pushpa ^a   Ghei, Manish ^a   Gathwala, Geeta ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Congenital malformation; Neural tube defect; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 0036523523     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830100702     Document Type: Article

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