Craniopagus twins: Embryology, classification, surgical anatomy, and separation

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 20, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 554-566

  Walker, Marion ^a   Browd, Samuel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral vasculature; Craniopagus twins; Embryology; Sagittal sinus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN TISSUE; CHILDBIRTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJOINED TWINS; CRANIOPAGUS; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL DEFECT; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BRAIN; CRANIAL SINUSES; EMBRYOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; TWINS, CONJOINED;

EID: 4544382347     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-0991-6     Document Type: Article

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