Early diagnosis of conjoined twins by real-time three-dimensional ultrasound - Case report and review of the literature

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 384-388

  Schmid, Oliver ^a   Hagen, A ^a   Sarioglu, N ^a   Hopp, H ^a   Entezami, M ^a,b   Albig, M ^b   Becker, R ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Centre of Prenatal Diagnosis   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cephalothoracopagus janiceps; Conjoined twins; Prenatal diagnosis; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONJOINED TWINS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; THORAX; TWINS, CONJOINED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33748600658     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-858357     Document Type: Article

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