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Preterm Deliveries in Twin Pregnancies in Oxford

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

P. Watson  and
D.M. Campbell
P. Watson
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen, U.K.
D.M. Campbell*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen, U.K.
*
Department of Ostetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB9 2ZD, UK

Abstract

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The incidence of preterm delivery among twin maternities in Oxford between 1973 and 1983, was 39.4%. Preterm delivery was more common in MZ than DZ twins, and this was associated with higher incidence of spontaneous rupture of the membranes associated with monozygosity.

Keywords

Preterm deliveryTwin zygositySpontaneous rupture of membranesSex ratio
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 35 , Issue 3-4 , October 1986 , pp. 193 - 199
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1986

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