Diamniotic conjoined fetuses in a triplet pregnancy: An insight into embryonic topology

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 666-672

  Charles, Adrian ^a,b   Dickinson, Jan E ^a,b   Watson, Susan ^c   Phillips, Nevile ^c   Yovich, John ^c  

^a KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c PIVET Medical Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Developmental research; Dysmorphology; Placenta

Indexed keywords

AMNION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHORION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TRIPLETS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; ULTRASOUND; UMBILICAL CORD;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; AMNION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS; HUMANS; TRIPLETS; TWINS, CONJOINED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 29244467983     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-005-0009-8     Document Type: Article

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