Fetus-in-fetu form of monozygotic twinning with retroperitoneal teratoma

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 120 A, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 406-412

  Gilbert Barness, Enid ^a,e   Opitz, John M ^b   Debich Spicer, Diane ^a   Mueller, Thomas ^c   Arnold, Sonya R ^a   Quintero, Reuben ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d St Joseph's Women's Hospital   (United States)

^e TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastogenesis; Endoparasite; Fetus in fetu; Monozygotic twinning; Prenatal diagnosis; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL TERATOMA; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0042324057     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.10153     Document Type: Article

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