Risks in multiple pregnancies

Saturday, October 9, 2010 - 04:08 in Health & Medicine

The complication rate during pregnancy with twins is about 40%. Women with multiple pregnancies often develop pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, and haemorrhages during the term of their pregnancy. Joachim W Dudenhausen from the Charite Berlin University Medicine and Rolf F Maier from Magdeburg University Medical Centre, investigate which risks can be minimised by close monitoring in multiple pregnancies (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2010; 107[38]: 663-8)...

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