Monochorionic dizygotic twins in a spontaneous pregnancy: A rare case report

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 708-710

  Hackmon, Rinat ^a   Jormark, Susan ^a   Cheng, Vanessa ^a   O'Reilly Green, Christopher ^a   Divon, Michael Y ^a  

^a LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood chimerism; Monochorionic dizygotic twins; Spontaneous pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP B; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CASE REPORT; CHIMERA; CHORION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MALE; METAPHASE; MONOCHORIONICITY; ORAL BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; AMNION; CHIMERISM; CHORION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 70350633918     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050902763159     Document Type: Article

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