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Trizygotic pregnancy consisting of two fetuses and a complete hydatidiform mole with dispermic androgenesis.
American journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 1999
Higashino M, Harada N, Hataya I, Nishimura N, Kato M, Niikawa N
Abstract excerpt
A triplet pregnancy in a 23-year-old woman was terminated at 15 weeks of gestation because of her severe hypertension, lung edema, and secondary hyperthyroidism. The pregnancy consisted of a hydatidiform mole with a 46,XY karyotype and two fetuses each with 46,XX and a 46,XY karyotype. To determine the zygosity and genetic origin of the mole and fetuses, PCR- and computer-assisted genotyping were performed at 27...
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