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Absence of the spleen(s) in conjoined twins: a diagnostic clue of laterality defects? Radiological study of historical specimens

BACKGROUND: Laterality defects are quite common in thoracoileopagus and parapagus dicephalus but rare in other types of conjoined twins. OBJECTIVE: To present the presumed laterality defects in cephalothoracoileopagus and prosopothoracoileopagus conjoined twins, based on the unilateral or bilateral...

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Autores principales: Oostra, R. J., Keulen, N., Jansen, T., van Rijn, R. R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3366290/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22237480
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00247-011-2316-8