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Anaemia in Twin Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Marion H. Hall ,
Doris M. Campbell  and
Ronald J.L. Davidson
Marion H. Hall
Affiliation:
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and of Haematology, University of Aberdeen, UK
Doris M. Campbell
Affiliation:
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and of Haematology, University of Aberdeen, UK
Ronald J.L. Davidson
Affiliation:
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and of Haematology, University of Aberdeen, UK

Abstract

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A total of 123 twin pregnancies were studied, 68 by records analysis only, and 55 by serial haematological assessment in detail. The incidence of low haemoglobin levels is found to be greater than in singleton pregnancy; evidence of iron and folic acid deficiency is common in sternal marrow aspirates but not in peripheral blood films. Routine haematinic prophylaxis in twin pregnancy is not advocated.

Keywords

AnaemiaIron deficiencyFolic acid deficiencyTwin pregnancy
Type
Session II: Pathophysiology of Twin Pregnancy
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , October 1979 , pp. 279 - 282
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1979

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