Precocious Pregnancy; Twin Births.

Twin births in the Comoros.

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and clinical significance of twin births in the Comoros Islands. DESIGN Combined retrospective and non-randomised prospective study. SETTING Hospital El-Ma'aru Moroni Grand-Comoros and Center Medico-Chirurgical Domoni-Anjouan. SUBJECTS One hundred and nine patients with twin deliveries. RESULTS During the period of study, there were 4370 deliveries,...

I-21: Outcome of Twin Pregnancy

Frequency of twin births in developed countries.

Twinning rates in developed countries have recently registered an increase. At the end of the 1970s, the change in mother's age structure has partially contributed to the growth in the proportion of multiple births. In fact, the evolution of twinning rates is related to the calendar of maternity since, comparatively to younger mothers, older women more frequently have twins. Moreover, the growi...

Unusual Twin Pregnancy.

SIR,-I wish to refer to the excellent article by Drs. H. G. Miller, J. B. Stanton, and J. L. Gibbons on acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (Journal, March 23, p. 668). Unfortunately, however, it perpetuates an error which has crept into the literature concerning the reports of cases in which the condition of acute haemorrhagic leuco-encephalitis has complicated an infectious exanthem. In 1945...

Unilateral tubal twin pregnancy.

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