Monozygotic twins discordant for VACTERL association

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 366-368

  Camacho, Andres F ^a   Schneider, Adele ^a   Dorsainville, Darnelle ^a   Schutzman, David L ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese herbs; Twins; VACTERL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION OF CONGENITAL DEFECTS; BREECH EXTRACTION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; KIDNEY AGENESIS; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG AGENESIS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN DISCORDANCE; VACTERL ASSOCIATION; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS; ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; PREGNANCY; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 42049112789     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1965     Document Type: Article

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