Thoraco-omphalopagus conjoined twins associated with omphalocele and an umbilical cord cyst [2]

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-184

  Chen, Chih Ping ^a,b  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONJOINED TWINS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LETTER; OMPHALOCELE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; THORACOOMPHALOPAGUS;

EID: 34547735973     PISSN: 10284559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1028-4559(07)60017-5     Document Type: Letter

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