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Twin Pregnancy Complicated by Intrauterine Demise of One Fetus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

G. Loverro ,
D.M. Ranieri ,
P. Greco  and
L. Selvaggi
G. Loverro*
Affiliation:
Chair of Obstetric and Gynecologic Pathology “R”, University Medical School, Bari, Italy
D.M. Ranieri
Affiliation:
Chair of Obstetric and Gynecologic Pathology “R”, University Medical School, Bari, Italy
P. Greco
Affiliation:
Chair of Obstetric and Gynecologic Pathology “R”, University Medical School, Bari, Italy
L. Selvaggi
Affiliation:
Chair of Obstetric and Gynecologic Pathology “R”, University Medical School, Bari, Italy
*
Patologia Ostetrica e Ginecologica “R”, Policlinico, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.

Abstract

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Two cases of antepartum demise of one fetus in a twin pregnancy are reported. Obstetrical management and fetal outcome are discussed with particular respect to changes in maternal coagulation parameters.

Keywords

Twin pregnancyIntrauterine death
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 40 , Issue 3-4 , October 1991 , pp. 395 - 399
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1991

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