Imaging of conjoined twins

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 899-910

  McHugh, Kieran ^a   Kiely, Edward M ^a   Spitz, Lewis ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conjoined twins; CT; MRI; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; IODINE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CEPHALOPAGUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONJOINED TWINS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOPAGUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INCIDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISHIOPAGUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OMPHALOPAGUS; PARAPAGUS; PARENT COUNSELING; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOPAGUS; RACHIPAGUS; REVIEW; SEDATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOPAGUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TWINS, CONJOINED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33746867070     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0121-6     Document Type: Review

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