An acephalus acardius amorphous fetus in a monochorionic pregnancy with sex discrepancy

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 697-702

  Lattanzi, Wanda ^a   De Vincenzo, Rosa P ^a   De Giorgio, Fabio ^a   Stigliano, Egidio ^a   Capelli, Arnaldo ^a   Arena, Vincenzo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACEPHALUS ACARDIUS AMORPHOUS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS MALFORMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CHORION; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 33750307408     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706778553453     Document Type: Article

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