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Spontaneous Abortions and Twinning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

M. Zahálková  and
Z. Zudová
M. Zahálková*
Affiliation:
Regional National Health Institute
Z. Zudová
Affiliation:
Regional Public Health Service, Brno, Czechoslovakia
*
Department of Children's Care, Regional National Health Institute, Výstavní 17-19, 656 91 Brno, Czechoslovakia

Abstract

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The relation between spontaneous abortions and twinning was studied in the years 1980-1981 in 22 towns of the South Moravian Region, Czechoslovakia. Each town has more than 10,000 inhabitants and less than 750 births per year. The number of spontaneous abortions and the number of twin births were evaluated separately for each town and for a time unit of three months. The comparison indicated that the group with a higher number of spontaneous abortions also had a lower number of twin births. The relation between spontaneous abortions and twinning is discussed.

Keywords

AbortionTwinsVanishing twin
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , January 1984 , pp. 25 - 26
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1984

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