Keywords :
Adult; Female; Humans; Placenta/physiology; Pregnancy; Pregnancy, Twin/physiology; Embryo Loss; Placenta; Pregnancy, Twin; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Genetics (clinical)
Abstract :
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<jats:list-item>If one twin dies during pregnancy, its placental part degenerates as it is no longer perfused.</jats:list-item>
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<jats:list-item>In monochorionic twin pregnancies, the surviving twin may recruit the placental share of its demised co‐twin through a large arterio‐arterial and veno‐venous anastomosis.</jats:list-item>
Publisher :
John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Chichester, West Sussex, England
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