Three-dimensional ultrasound to differentiate epigastric heteropagus conjoined twins from a TRAP sequence

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1736-1739

  MacKenzie, Andrew P ^a   Stephenson, Courtney D ^a   Funai, Edmund F ^a   Lee, Men Jean ^a   Timor Tritsch, Ilan ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjoined twins; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJOINED TWINS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LEG; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; TWINS; TWINS, CONJOINED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 8544260321     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.01.012     Document Type: Article

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