Complications of monochorionic twins

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 709-727

  Feldstein, Vickie A ^a   Filly, Roy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARDIAC PARABOLIC TWINS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONJOINED TWINS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MONOCHORIONIC TWINS; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWIN EMBOLIZATION SYNDROME; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

EID: 0043245986     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-8389(03)00046-0     Document Type: Review

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