Article
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 str...
Topics
- Adult
- Chorion
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Female
- Fetal Death
- Genotype
- Hernia, Umbilical
- Humans
- Hydrops Fetalis
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Phenotype
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications
- Pregnancy Reduction, Multifetal
- Twins, Monozygotic
