Separation of craniopagus joined at the occiput: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 983-987

  Campbell, Scott ^a   Theile, Richard ^a   Stuart, Gordon ^a   Cheng, Eddie ^a   Sinnott, Stephen ^a   Pritchard, Gary ^a   Isles, Alan ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conjoined twins; Craniopagus; Surgical separation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CONJOINED TWINS; CRANIOPAGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; OCCIPITAL BONE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036801606     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2002.97.4.0983     Document Type: Article

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