Three-dimensional sonographic diagnosis of conjoined twins with fetal death in the first trimester

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1662-1663

  Abu Rustum, Reem S ^a   Adra, Abdallah M ^b  

^a Nini Ob/Gyn   (Lebanon)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONJOINED TWINS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEART CONTRACTION; HUMAN; LETTER; PARENT COUNSELING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 55749114030     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.11.1662     Document Type: Letter

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