The 11-14-week ultrasound examination allows early pregnancy dating, detection of major anomalies and multiple gestations, and accurate chorionicity determination. We describe a rare case of first-trimester sonographic diagnosis of ectopia cordis in a dichorionic twin pregnancy, illustrating the ben
Diagnosis of ectopia cordis in the second trimester
β Scribed by William C. Klingensmith; Darleen T. Cioffi-Ragan; Duval E. Harvey
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 320 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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