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Preterm Deliveries in Twin Pregnancies in Aberdeen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Ian MacGillivray*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Doris M. Campbell
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Michael Samphier
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Medical Sociology Unit, Aberdeen, Scotland
Barbara Thompson
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Medical Sociology Unit, Aberdeen, Scotland
*
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland

Abstract

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The incidence of preterm delivery was 28.2% of all twin deliveries. Preterm delivery was common in monozygotic twins due to a high incidence of spontaneous rupture of the membranes. In addition, preterm delivery was associated more often with boy rather than girl infants.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1982

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