The Monozygotic Twinning Process, the Twin-twin Transfusion Syndrome and Acardiac Twins

Placenta

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 923-928

  Benirschke, K ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Monozygotic twinning process

Indexed keywords

AMNION; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CONJOINED TWINS; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS MEMBRANE; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; ARMADILLOS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 70350575277     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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