Imaging of twin pregnancies

Ultrasound Clinics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-132

  Moshiri, Mariam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Prenatal; Twins; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AMNION; ARTICLE; CHORION; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL SAC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL AGE; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 79955404623     PISSN: 1556858X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cult.2011.01.006     Document Type: Review

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