Antepartum rupture of the intertwin-dividing membrane in monochorionic diamniotic twins: A case report and review of the literature

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 856-860

  Nasrallah, Fayez K ^a   Faden, Yaser A ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antepartum rupture of intertwin dividing membrane; Cord entanglement; Monochorionic diamniotic twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TWINS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 26044466044     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1157     Document Type: Review

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