Intracranial magnetic resonance imaging findings in the surviving fetus after spontaneous monochorionic cotwin demise

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 398.e1-398.e5

  Jelin, Angie C ^a   Norton, Mary E ^a,b   Bartha, Agnes I ^a   Fick, Andrea L ^c   Glenn, Orit A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

cotwin demise; intracranial; magnetic resonance imaging; monochorionic twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHORION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MICROGYRIA; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; TWINS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 53149122908     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.06.062     Document Type: Article

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