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Preterm Deliveries in Twin Pregnancies in Aberdeen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Ian MacGillivray ,
Doris M. Campbell ,
Michael Samphier  and
Barbara Thompson
Ian MacGillivray*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Doris M. Campbell
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Michael Samphier
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Medical Sociology Unit, Aberdeen, Scotland
Barbara Thompson
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Medical Sociology Unit, Aberdeen, Scotland
*
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland

Abstract

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The incidence of preterm delivery was 28.2% of all twin deliveries. Preterm delivery was common in monozygotic twins due to a high incidence of spontaneous rupture of the membranes. In addition, preterm delivery was associated more often with boy rather than girl infants.

Keywords

ZygositySpontaneous rupture of membranesSpontaneous onset of laborFetal sex
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 31 , Issue 3-4: Special Issue on Twin Pregnancies , July 1982 , pp. 207 - 211
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1982

References

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