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Twin Pregnancy Complicated by Intrauterine Demise of One Fetus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

G. Loverro*
Affiliation:
Chair of Obstetric and Gynecologic Pathology “R”, University Medical School, Bari, Italy
D.M. Ranieri
Affiliation:
Chair of Obstetric and Gynecologic Pathology “R”, University Medical School, Bari, Italy
P. Greco
Affiliation:
Chair of Obstetric and Gynecologic Pathology “R”, University Medical School, Bari, Italy
L. Selvaggi
Affiliation:
Chair of Obstetric and Gynecologic Pathology “R”, University Medical School, Bari, Italy
*
Patologia Ostetrica e Ginecologica “R”, Policlinico, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.

Abstract

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Two cases of antepartum demise of one fetus in a twin pregnancy are reported. Obstetrical management and fetal outcome are discussed with particular respect to changes in maternal coagulation parameters.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1991

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