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The European Multiple Birth Study (EMBS)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

R. Vlietinck ,
E. Papiernik ,
C. Derom ,
H. Grandjean ,
M. Thiery  and
R. Derom
R. Vlietinck*
Affiliation:
Centre of Human Genetics, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
E. Papiernik
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France
C. Derom
Affiliation:
Centre of Human Genetics, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
H. Grandjean
Affiliation:
Unité de Recherche INSERM 168, Toulouse, France
M. Thiery
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics, State University of Gent, Belgium
R. Derom
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics, State University of Gent, Belgium
*
Centre of Human Genetics, Catholic University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium

Abstract

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The more that twin and other multiple pregnancies are investigated, the more it becomes mandatory that collaborative studies are set up in order to attain the criticai number of cases needed to achieve meaningful and reliable results. The European Multiple Birth Study (EMBS) aims to study two aspects of twin and multiple pregnancy: 1) management of pregnancy and labour, with emphasis on the prevention of preterm delivery; 2) accurate determination of zygosity, a prerequisite for the proper use of the twin method in a variety of fields, eg, congenital malformations, genetics, clinical investigations, etc. The rationale, the methods and the organisation of the study are described and discussed.

Keywords

Twin registerTwin pregnancyNeonatal careZygosityBirthweightCongenital malformations
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , January 1988 , pp. 27 - 30
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1988

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