A Report of Dizygous Monochorionic Twins

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Authors

Vivienne Souter · Medical Genetics Center

Raj P. Kapur · Seattle Children's Hospital

Dale R. Nyholt · QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

Kristen J. Skogerboe · Seattle University

David Myerson · Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South Africa

Carl C.T. Ton

Kent E. Opheim · Seattle Children's Hospital

Abstract

It is generally accepted that monochorionic twins are exclusively monozygotic. The authors report a case of monochorionic twins of different sexes, conceived by in vitro fertilization, who proved to be dizygous.

Topics & Keywords

Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 349, Issue 2, pp. 154-158

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa030050

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