Abstract
A policy of expectant management until 32 weeks of gestation in 29 dichorionic pregnancies discordant for growth retardation resulted in an overall mortality of 24% (95% CI 13.9-37.2%) and a handicap of 2.2% (95% CI 0-12.0%). None of the normally grown co-twins died or was handicapped as a result of iatrogenic prematurity. Keywords: twins; dichorionic pregnancy; handicap; intrauterine growth retardation
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Figure 1 .
Estimated weight3 of each fetus in 29 dichorionic twin pregnancies at the time of referral, plotted on the appropriate normal range for singletons (mean, 5th, and 95th centiles).4 The squares represent the values for the appropriately grown fetuses and the circles for the growth retarded ones. Open squares and circles represent the survivors and closed squares or circles represent those that died either in utero or in the neonatal period.
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