DICEPHALY - A COMPLICATION OF TWIN PREGNANCY: A CASE REPORT
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 3
Abstract
A twin is one of the two offsprings produced in the same pregnancy.[1] Twins can either be monozygotic (identical) meaning that they develop from one zygote that splits and forms two embryos, or develop from two eggs, each fertilized by separate sperm cells. [2] Women who have family history of fraternal twins have a higher chance of producing fraternal twins themselves, as there is a genetically linked tendency to hyper-ovulate. There is no known genetic link for identical twinning. [3] Conjoined twinning is a rare phenomenon, occurrence being 1 in 50000 to 100000. However since 60% are stillborn or die shortly after, the true incidence is around 1 in 200000 live births. [4]
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Pushpalatha M. , Sharmadha K. L. , Meenaksh Parthasarthy
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