Diprosopus (partially duplicated head) associated with anencephaly: A case report

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-50

  Al Muti Zaitoun, Abd ^a   Chang, John ^a   Booker, Michael ^a  

^a MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anencephaly; Congenital malformation; Craniofacial duplication; Diprosopus; Holoprosencephaly

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONJOINED TWINS; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LIMB; LUNG MALFORMATION; MOUTH; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; NOSE; SPINE MALFORMATION; TONGUE; TRUNK; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0345491034     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0344-0338(99)80094-6     Document Type: Article

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