Conjoined twins in a trichorionic quadruplet pregnancy after ovulation induction with clomiphene citrate

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-54

  Mendilcioglu, Inanc ^a   Simsek, Mehmet ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clomiphene citrate; Conjoined twins; Monozygotic twins; Nuchal translucency; Ovulation induction; Prenatal diagnosis; Quadruplet

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORION; CONJOINED TWINS; DELIVERY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOPAGUS; TRICHORIONIC QUADRUPLET PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CLOMIPHENE; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; QUADRUPLETS; TWINS, CONJOINED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 47549102271     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000132407     Document Type: Article

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