Malformations in Acardiac Twins Are Consistent with Reversed Blood Flow: Liver as a Clue to Their Pathogenesis

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 520-530

  Giménez Scherer, Juan Antonio ^a   Davies, Belinda R ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acardiac twin; Congenital abnormalities; Monozygous twins; Twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence

Indexed keywords

ACARDIUS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0346992208     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-002-1002-0     Document Type: Article

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