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Persistent Discordant Twin Growth Following IVF-ET

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 September 2016

R. Ahiron
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University
I. Blickstein*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaplan Hospital (affiliated with the Hadassa-Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem) Rehovot, Israel
*
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaplan Hospital, 76100 Rehovot, Israel

Abstract

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We observed persistent first trimester growth disparity in a twin pregnancy following IVF-ET. The crown-rump length of the two fetuses was substantially different at 7 and 11 weeks and from the 20th week discordant growth was observed by intertwin differences in abdominal circumferences and estimated fetal weights. Birth weight discordance was 26.6% (1600/2180). This is apparently the first documentation of first trimester growth discordance persisting throughout pregnancy.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1993

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