Prenatal sonographic delineation of the complex cardiac anatomy of thoraco-omphalopagus twins

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-192

  Tongsong, T ^a   Khunamornpong, S ^a   Piyamongkol, W ^a   Chanprapaph, P ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular complex; Conjoined twins; Fetal echocardiography; Prenatal diagnosis; Thoraco omphalopagus

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONJOINED TWINS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAILAND; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; THORACOOMPHALOPAGUS TWINS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LIVER; PREGNANCY; THORACIC WALL; TWINS, CONJOINED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 14544291491     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1801     Document Type: Article

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