Chimaeric twins: Why monochorionicity does not guarantee monozygosity

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 305-307

  Umstad, Mark P ^a   Short, Roger V ^b   Wilson, Matthew ^c   Craig, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chimaerism; Dizygotic; Monochorionic; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; AMNIONICITY; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHIMERIC TWIN; CHORIONICITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MONOCHORIONIC DIAMNIOTIC TWIN; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; TWINS; ULTRASOUND; ZYGOSITY; ZYGOTE;

CESAREAN SECTION; CHIMERA; CHORION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84862569675     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2012.01445.x     Document Type: Article

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