The relationship of birth weight and birth weight discordance to cerebral palsy or mental retardation later in life for twins weighing less than 2500 grams
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Twins who begin life with low birth weights and with one twin significantly larger than the other may not have an increased risk of disability. Disability was defined as cerebral palsy or mental retardation. Researchers studied 5,382 twin pairs in Sweden with birth weights less than 2500 grams and linked information from schools and rehabilitation centers to determine which twins were disabled by age eight. Twin pairs with differing birth weights did not have a greater risk of becoming disabled later in childhood. Twins who did experience disability by age eight had low birth weights for their gestational ages. Twins of the same sex were not more likely to become disabled than twins of opposite sexes.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 1995
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Gestational duration in the pregnancy after a preterm twin delivery
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A woman may not necessarily have a premature birth just because she had one in a previous pregnancy. Analysis of all births in Stockholm between 1973 and 1993 revealed that women with a previous premature twin pregnancy were likely to carry a subsequent pregnancy to term. Fewer than ten percent of the women who had a previous premature twin pregnancy had a premature birth in a subsequent pregnancy. This indicates that the factors that cause premature birth are not permanent and not likely to recur.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 1998
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Impaired glucose tolerance associated with adverse pregnancy outcome: a population-based study in southern Sweden
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Pregnant women who have elevated blood sugar have a greater risk of cesarean delivery and fetal macrosomia even if their blood sugar is not abnormally high, according to a study of 4,773 women. Fetal macrosomia means the baby is much bigger than normal at birth.
Publication Name: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0002-9378
Year: 2001
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