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Uterine Growth in Twin Pregnancy by Measurement of Total Intrauterine Volume

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

David H.A. Redford
David H.A. Redford*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Queen Mother's Hospital, Yorkhill, Glasgow, U.K.

Abstract

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Total intrauterine volume (TIUV) was determined serially in 27 twin pregnancies from which a nomogram was constructed. At the beginning of the second trimester, TIUV was similar to that in singleton pregnancy; by the 18th week it had become twice as large, and remained so until late in pregnancy. Labor was preceded more frequently by a slowing than by an acceleration of uterine growth.

Keywords

TwinsUterine growthUltrasound
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 31 , Issue 3-4: Special Issue on Twin Pregnancies , July 1982 , pp. 145 - 148
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1982

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