Acardiac Twin with Externalized Intestine Adherent to Placenta: Unusual Manifestation of Omphalocele

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-85

  Emery, Shawn Clark ^a   Vaux, Keith K ^a   Pretorius, Dolores ^a   Masliah, Eliezer ^a   Benirschke, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acardiac; Acardius; Intestine; Omphalocele; Placenta; TRAP syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACARDIUS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE; MALE; OMPHALOCELE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 1942534652     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-003-5052-8     Document Type: Article

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