Monochorionicity in perspective

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-238

  Blickstein, I ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNION; CHORION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EDITORIAL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS RISK; GENOME; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; UMBILICAL MALFORMATION; ZYGOTE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33646701437     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2730     Document Type: Editorial

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