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Confined blood chimerism in monochorionic dizygous (MCDZ) twins
8 Feb 2007
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OBJECTIVE: To present the risk factors, prenatal and postnatal implications of monochorionic dyzygotic twinning. METHODS: We present a case of monochorionic twins diagnosed on first-trimester ultrasound following a 2-embryo transfer in vitro fertilisation pregnancy. Postnatal buccal smears performed as part of a twin research study revealed the twins to be dizygous, and DNA testing on peripheral blood lymphocytes...
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