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Conjoined twins in a triplet pregnancy

A rare obstetrical dilemma

Huseyin C. Ozcan, Mete G. Ugur, Aynur Mustafa and Irfan Kutlar
Saudi Medical Journal March 2017, 38 (3) 307-309; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.3.16103
Huseyin C. Ozcan
From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey
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Mete G. Ugur
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Aynur Mustafa
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Irfan Kutlar
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