Prenatal diagnosis of monocephalic bifacial tetraophthalmic diprosopus (conjoined twin)

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-86

  Dhaifalah, I ^a,b   Curtisova, V ^a   Santavy, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OLOMOUC   (Czech Republic)

^b NONE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Conjoined twins; Diprosopus tetraophtalmus; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CONJOINED TWINS; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAXILLA; MOUTH CAVITY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TWINS, CONJOINED;

EID: 37049002862     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109232     Document Type: Article

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