Cloacal exstrophy variants. Can blighted conjoined twinning play a role?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1103-1107

  Casale, Pasquale ^a,b   Grady, Richard W ^a   Waldhausen, John H T ^a   Joyner, Byron D ^a   Wright, Jonathan ^a   Mitchell, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Cloaca

Indexed keywords

BLADDER MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOACAL EXSTROPHY; CONJOINED TWINS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EPISPADIAS; FETUS; FETUS HEART; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

EID: 4143056999     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000142108.62457.81     Document Type: Article

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