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A Study of Twin Placentation in Tokyo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

K. Yoshida  and
H. Soma
K. Yoshida*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo Medical College
H. Soma
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo Medical College
*
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo Medical College, 6-7-1 Nishi-shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan

Abstract

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A total of 178 placentas of twins born in Tokyo in 1961-1982 were examined. Only just over one third were dichorionic, 110 being monochorionic and DZ twins were estimated to account for 24.7% of the pairs. The lower frequency of DZ twinning in Japan is attributed to lower gonadotropin values in Japanese women as compared to European, American, or African women. High fetal morbidity was found in monochorionic twins and this is attributed to a frequent occurrence of vascular anastomoses.

Keywords

Twin placentationTwinning ratesGonadotropinsVascular anastomosesTwin transfusion syndromeAcardiusFetus papyraceus
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , January 1984 , pp. 115 - 120
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1984

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