An anencephalic monocephalus diprosopus "headed twin": Postmortem and CT findings with emphasis on the cranial bones

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-198

  Ekinci, Gazanfer ^a   Balci, Sevim ^b   Erzen, Canan ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cranial computerized tomography CT; Dextrocardia; Diaphragmal agenesis; Double tongue; Headed twin; Monocephalus diprosopus

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJOINED TWINS; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; EAR MALFORMATION; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MONOCEPHALUS DIPROSOPUS; MOUTH MALFORMATION; NOSE MALFORMATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

ANENCEPHALY; FACE; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; PETROUS BONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TWINS, CONJOINED;

EID: 20044375992     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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