Delayed structural development in an acardiac fetus: An echographic observation

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 100-104

  Van Gaever, C ^a,b   Defoort, P ^a   Dhont, M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acardiac fetus; Acardiac fetus, delayed structural development; Twin reversed arterial perfusion

Indexed keywords

ACARDIUS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL HEART; FETUS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 40049111660     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111587     Document Type: Article

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