Asymmetric Parasitic Dicephalus Conjoined Twins

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 102-105

  Esenkaya, Semra ^a   Gürbüz, Birgül ^b,c   Yalti, Serap ^b  

^a MALATYA STATE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Zeynep Kamil Maternity Hospital   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asymmetric parasitic dicephalus conjoined twins; Parapagus conjoined twins; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC PARASITIC DICEPHALUS CONJOINED TWINS; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CLEFT LIP; CONJOINED TWINS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMINENT ABORTION; MALE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SPINA BIFIDA; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; CLEFT LIP; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; NECK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TWINS, CONJOINED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 1642498190     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10227     Document Type: Article

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