"Hugging sisters": Thoracoomphalopagus with anencephaly confirmed by three-dimensional ultrasonography at 9 weeks of gestation

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 279-282

  Shim, Jae Yoon ^a   Joo, Da Hye ^a   Won, Hye Sung ^a   Lee, Pil Ryang ^a   Kim, Ahm ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anencephaly; Autopsy; Conjoined twins; Thoracoomphalopagus; Three dimensional ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJOINED TWINS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ANENCEPHALY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PREGNANCY; TWINS, CONJOINED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 79955589946     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20774     Document Type: Article

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