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Maternal Recognition of Twin Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

P.E.M. Malmstrom  and
E.J. Malmstrom
P.E.M. Malmstrom*
Affiliation:
Twinline, Berkeley, California, USA
E.J. Malmstrom
Affiliation:
Twinline, Berkeley, California, USA
*
Director, Twinline, P.O. Box 10066, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA

Abstract

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In a retrospective survey of 336 mothers of recently born multiples, 71% reported suspicions of twin pregnancy prior to medical confirmation. Primiparous and multiparous reports of symptoms may be utilized to significantly increase the early diagnosis of the presence of multiples.

Keywords

Twin pregnancyMaternal diagnosisPregnancy management
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , April 1988 , pp. 187 - 192
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1988

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