Association of cloacal anomalies, caudal duplication, and twinning

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 339-354

  Siebert, Joseph R ^a,b   Rutledge, Joe C ^a,b   Kapur, Raj P ^a,b  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloaca; Conjoined twin; Exstrophy; Parasitic twin; Partial twin; Twin

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INTESTINE MALFORMATION; MALE; MESODERM; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY; URETHRA DUPLICATION; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CLOACA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; TWINNING, MONOZYGOTIC; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 23944463652     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-005-1157-6     Document Type: Article

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