Parasitic twins: Report of two cases
Parasitic twin is a rare malformation, which involves two fetuses attached to each other, whereby one of the pair is viable and develops into a mature embryo (the host twin) called the autosite, while the second twin (parasite) is usually nonviable, but survives on the host twin; the site and extend...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2016-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences |
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Online Access: | http://www.jmgims.co.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9903;year=2016;volume=21;issue=2;spage=130;epage=132;aulast=Aliyu |