Thoraco-omphalopagus conjoined twins detected at as early as 9 weeks of gestation: Transvaginal two-dimensional ultrasound, color Doppler and fetoplacental Doppler velocity waveform findings

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 477-480

  Basgül, Alin ^a,c   Kavak, Zehra Nese ^a   Sezen, Devrim ^a   Basgul, Ayda ^b   Gokaslan, Husnu ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Sisli Etfal Research and Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^c E Caddesi Feza A Kat:4 Daire 9   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Color Doppler; Conjoined twins; Fetoplacental Doppler; Transvaginal two dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONJOINED TWINS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOOMPHALOPAGUS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LIVER; PREGNANCY; THORAX; TWINS, CONJOINED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL VEINS; UMBILICUS;

EID: 33747328140     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093893     Document Type: Article

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