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Development of Premature Twins with Dissimilar Birth Weight. I. Physical Development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

A. Janus-Kukulska  and
J. Kiepurska-Zdzienicka
A. Janus-Kukulska*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Academy of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
J. Kiepurska-Zdzienicka
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Academy of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
*
Department of Pediatrics, Academy of Medicine, ul. Nowogrodzka 73, 02-018, Warsawa, Poland

Abstract

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The physical development of 20 premature same-sex twin pairs with dissimilar birth weight was observed, as compared to a control group of 17 pairs of premature same-sex twins born with similar weight.

The comparison showed that greater differences in development occur between twin siblings born with dissimilar weight. The twins poorly grown in utero were at a disadvantage mainly in body weight.

In the preschool or school age, twins poorly grown in utero twice as often had underheight. Underheight was found more frequently in boys.

The degree of intrauterine dystrophy does not seem to be of great importance to the further development. Neither was any relationship found between the physical development of the dystrophic twin and the degree of prematurity, as defined by fetal age and birth weight of the larger twin.

Type
2. Twin Postnatal Development
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 22 , supplement S1 , October 1972 , pp. 120 - 124
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1972