Vaginal birth of conjoined thoracopagus - A rare event

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 269, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 66-67

  Agarwal, Umber ^a,b   Dahiya, Pushpa ^a   Khosla, Anju ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b District Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Conjoined twins; Thoracopagus; Vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONJOINED TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; SHORT SURVEY; THORACOPAGUS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; TWINS, CONJOINED;

EID: 0242641483     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-002-0419-z     Document Type: Short Survey

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