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Case Reports
. 2018 Oct 20;131(20):2492-2494.
doi: 10.4103/0366-6999.243573.

Conjoined Twins in a Spontaneous Monochorionic Triplet Pregnancy

Xin-Lu Meng  1 , Yuan Wei  1 , Yang-Yu Zhao  1
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Case Reports

Conjoined Twins in a Spontaneous Monochorionic Triplet Pregnancy

Xin-Lu Meng et al. Chin Med J (Engl). .
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Two-dimensional ultrasound image of the monochorionic diamniotic triplet pregnancy at 13+5 weeks of gestation. (a) The normal nonconjoined fetus. (b) The conjoined twins fused through the thorax and abdomen.
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