First-trimester diagnosis of conjoined twins

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 820-826

  Pajkrt, Eva ^a   Jauniaux, Eric ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D imaging; Conjoined twins; First trimester; Pregnancy; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONJOINED TWINS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PARENT COUNSELING; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; TWINS; TWINS, CONJOINED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 26044433772     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1267     Document Type: Review

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