Co-Occurrence of Coarctation of the Aorta and Hypospadias in Smaller Twins in Monochorionic Pregnancies: Two Case Reports

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 131-134

  Yasuda, Kazushi ^a,b   Ohki, Shigeru ^b   Seguchi, Masashi ^b  

^a TOYOHASHI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SEIREI HAMAMATSU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Discordant twin; Fetal circulation; Genitourinary malformation; Monozygotic twin

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS CIRCULATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE; MONOCHORIONIC PREGNANCY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ADULT; AORTIC COARCTATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; TWINS;

EID: 1942518922     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-823771     Document Type: Article

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