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Triplet Pregnancy in a Subfertile Woman Treated with Clomiphene Citrate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

M. Pezzani*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Hospital, Ceprano, Frosinone, Italy
*
Ospedale Provinciale “S. Maria del Prato”, 32032 Feltre (Belluno), Italy

Abstract

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A 26-year-old subfertile woman with a history of abortions at the 7-9th week was treated with Clomid, 50 mg for 5 days. A pregnancy resulted, which ended in the premature birth of a set of alive triplets that sex and blood-group determinations showed to be trizygotic. It is suggested that this production of a multiple ovulation in a woman with luteal deficiency be the result of excessive dosage of Clomid.

Type
2. The Twinning Phenomenon
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1976

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