Determining zygosity in early pregnancy by ultrasound

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-37

  Tong, S ^a,b   Vollenhoven, B ^a   Meagher, S ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chorionicity; Corpus luteum; Twins; Ultrasound; Zygosity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TWIN PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND; ZYGOSITY;

CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 1642580565     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.934     Document Type: Article

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