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Discordant Twin

Known as: Discordant Growth 
A twin whose estimated fetal weight is determined to have 20% or greater difference from its sibling.(NICHD)
National Institutes of Health

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Perinatal TerminologyPregnancy Complications

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2013
2013
A novel mass spectrometry‐based method for determining insulin‐like growth factor 1: assessment in a cohort of subjects with newly diagnosed acromegaly
To develop an alternative method to immunoassay for the quantitative analysis of insulin‐like growth factor 1 (IGF‐1) using a… 
2013
2013
Birth size and age at menarche: a twin perspective.
STUDY QUESTION Do birthweight (BW) and co-twin sex influence the age at menarche in twins? SUMMARY ANSWER BW, but not co-twin… 
2010
2010
Recurrence risk for offspring of twins discordant for oral cleft: A population‐based cohort study of the Danish 1936–2004 cleft twin cohort
Our objective in this Danish population‐based cohort study was to estimate the recurrence risk of isolated oral cleft (OC) for… 
2006
2006
Telomerase and Apoptosis in the Placental Trophoblasts of Growth Discordant Twins
In an effort to investigate the molecular basis of growth discordance in embryos that experience the same uterine environment, we… 
2006
2006
Fetal Adiponectin and Resistin in Correlation with Birth Weight Difference in Monozygotic Twins with Discordant Growth
Background: Various studies have demonstrated an increased risk for adult diseases in newborns born small-for-gestational-age… 
2004
2004
Nitroglycerin for Relaxation to Establish a Fetal Airway (EXIT Procedure)
BACKGROUND: The ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) procedure is a technique designed to establish an airway at the time of… 
2001
2001
Fetal Leptin Influences Birth Weight in Twins with Discordant Growth
The objective of this study was to determine the plasma leptin concentrations in twin pregnancies in relation to chorionicity and… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Adaptive Growth Restriction as a Pattern of Birth Weight Discordance in Twin Gestations
2000
2000
Discordant Amino Acid Profiles in Monochorionic Twins with Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome
To test the hypothesis that discordant growth in monochorionic (MC) twins occurs at least in part due to disparity in placental… 
1994
1994
Chronic villitis of unknown etiology in twin gestations.
Chronic villitis of unknown etiology (CVUE) is a frequently encountered placental lesion associated with poor pregnancy outcome… 
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