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Discordance of fetal genotype or phenotype in monozygotic twins: a report of 2 cases.
The Journal of reproductive medicine - 1 Sept 2007
Peng Hsiu-Huei, Chang Shuenn-Dyh, Chao An-Shine, Wang Tzu-Hao, Chang Yao-Lung
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Discordance of fetal genotype or phenotype in a monozygotic twin pregnancy is rare. CASE: In case 1, a 28-year-old woman at 15 weeks' gestation was found to have a dichorionic twin pregnancy with 1 fetus affected with hydrop fetalis. The result of chromosomal study showed that the structurally normal fetus was 46,XY and that the hydropic fetus was 45,X. One week after selective termination of the...
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