Prenatal Diagnosis of Persistent Cloaca With Hydrometrocolpos and Ascites by Magnetic Resonance Imaging in One Fetus of a Dizygotic Twin Pregnancy

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 385-386

  Chen, Chih Ping ^a,b,c,d,e   Liu, Yu Peng ^a,f   Chang, Tung Yao ^g   Tsai, Fuu Jen ^c,h   Chen, Chen Yu ^a   Wu, Pei Chen ^a   Chen, Teresa Hsiao Tien ⁱ   Wang, Wayseen ^a,j  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Institute of Clinical and Community Health Nursing   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^g Taiji Fetal Medicine Center   (Taiwan)

^h CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

ⁱ Taipei American School   (Taiwan)

^j TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FETUS; GASTROINTESTINAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HYDROMETROCOLPOS; LETTER; MECONIUM PERITONITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSISTENT CLOACA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; ASCITES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; HYDROCOLPOS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYDACTYLY; PREGNANCY; RECTUM; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE DISEASES; VAGINA;

EID: 78149330240     PISSN: 10284559     EISSN: 10284559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1028-4559(10)60082-4     Document Type: Letter

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